Greetings!
This month's blogs focus on peace. The first is an anti-war message told through the moving art of poetry falling like rain in Berlin. The second is a look at the rising tide of hate groups in the US and a message of standing strong and listening with care to create a climate of deeper understanding and peace.
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Do you know how many hate groups are operating in your state? Visit the latest Have You Heard? blog for a link to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) "Hate Map," where you can see how many  documented hate groups were operating in the US as of last year. You'll also find a link to their "Standing Strong" map where you can put yourself on the map as one who stands strong against hatred. These groups are fueled by fear and misinformation. Listening critically and with heart is a powerful force against hatred. Listeners Unite for peace! |
Latest Weekly(ish) Quotes
From Linda Eve Diamond, ink: "Gentlemen, Regarding the recent rejection slip you sent me. I think there might have been misunderstanding. What I really wanted was for you to publish my story and send me fifty thousand dollars. Don't you realize that? - Snoopy"
From Listeners Unite!
"No one ever listens to me. I might as well be a Leonard Cohen record." ~ Leonard Cohen
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Wishing you love, laughter, listening and poetry,
Linda
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On August 28, a plane dropped 100,000 poems over Berlin. This "Regen der
Gedichte" (Poetry Rain) was part of a larger project to drop poems over
cities that have lived through aerial bombings. 
