THE LONG AUGUST
As seen in our Newsletter September arrived. Facebook tells me what a wonderful summer it was. Adventures, food, travel, beach, ocean,...
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Our Stories
Jul 21, 20195 min read
Hopefully, Yours
The moment that she walked though our blue gate she tumbled into my arms and we just stood there. Hugging. A long hug with no need for...
Jul 13, 20183 min read
The Roof
This morning I began to cry. And with tears tumbling down my face I began to sing. At that point of wounding, there right there where it...
Jul 5, 20181 min read
The Secret Garden - Photo update
Our Secret Garden Project continues showing signs of growth and with it, kindness. We will continue on. #Gallery #English
Jan 11, 20181 min read
Dough
" There's a point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit...
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Happy New Year from Kurdistan
You remember the scene from the film Narnia, where Aslan arrives to confront the Witch, and slowly the ice begins to melt, and winter...
Dec 28, 20172 min read
Bragging: Vitamin A(ffirmation)
You've heard about our Kids. Our Kids in War City. Simply amazing mostly Syrian children, mixed with some from Mosul...all of whom have...
Dec 22, 20172 min read
Halfway up a Mountain
There is a tiny 40 family Yezidi camp. Two years ago it was love at first sight and we all adopted each other and have walked close...
Dec 12, 20172 min read
Kids Pursuing Peace
It wasn't an event. Or a" one-off." It was the introduction of a culture. A culture of peace. Three days later and we are still unable to...
Oct 6, 20173 min read
Bursting with Pride
At our incredible Yezidi students who are the first in Kurdistan ( in all of Iraq come to that ) to study for an university degree...
Oct 5, 20172 min read
The Art of Giving...
Consists in this. The gift should cost very little, and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be more highly appreciated " Baltasar...
Sep 29, 20171 min read
Madrid. The Lost Childhood
It has been one of those rare joys and honors to participate with Henrique Cymerman in the screening of his exceptional documentary, '...
Sep 4, 20172 min read
Grumpy Generosity
Right. They don't match do they? I do have my grumpy days, and they are not necessarily connected to sandstorms, or cockroaches or lack...
Aug 18, 20172 min read
The Place of Treasure
Is found in the place where tears are shed. That deep place which permits the heart to speak the words that the mouth is unable to...
Aug 14, 20173 min read
Gold at Both Ends
That's what we discovered when we entered the Rainbow Zone. We, mere mortals, thought we were building a restorative arts community...
Aug 5, 20171 min read
August 3. 2017
Genocide present. A day with no hope and zero comfort. A day spent amongst the mourners of Shariya Camp, Kurdistan, North Iraq. A day of...
Aug 1, 20172 min read
Waging Peace in War
We're gaining more Kids in War. Tread carefully child. You are entering a new zone. One you have not touched before. Here you tread...
Jul 27, 20171 min read
All the King's Horses
I watch our kids this morning. All super colorful individuals. All super broken, torn and fragmented by the cruelties and injustices of...
Jul 26, 20173 min read
Our well -watered orchard
I spent some time outside our community centre this morning, watering our trees and picking up the endless trash that this community just...
Jul 24, 20171 min read
The place where there is no wind
" We walked on the moon. We made footprints somewhere no one else had ever made footprints, and unless someone comes and rubs them out,...
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