by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 26, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
Recycling, it's kind of old hat by now, huh? I am loving this word–kind of new to me–repurpose. Why do I like it? I love the notion that things have more than one purpose; I love the intentionality of the word, and I love the sense of action. Cycles...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 28, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
I am terrible with numbers.I live with a dear husband who thinks in math. He understands spaces. He reads maps. He’s quite logical. While I wander—sometimes blithely and pretty much always blindly—through the world, he navigates. The kids (at least...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 30, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
If there’s one question that our country seems to be raising repeatedly, it’s how to look at issues, both with respect to our personal perspectives and experiences and with respect for others’ perspectives and experiences. How to validate the import...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 2, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
Old friendsSat on their park benchLike bookendsOld friendsMemory brushes the same years–Simon and Garfunkel songI am through and through a connector. By definition, I guess that means I enjoy meeting new people and making new friends. If there were a lucrative...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 5, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
Of all the bad news in the newspaper, the reports—like the one last night, of two gay teens being killed and an additional eight wounded by gunfire, when a gunman sprayed weapon fire at a weekly support group for gay and lesbian teens at the Tel Aviv Gay and...