Love, Light & Sacred Activism - Debra’s Blog

April 22, 2007 the day My Dad returned to the Earth he loved and revered for all its mysterious ways, the ways he learned to build and create and connect in the largest ways possible ... remembering him with love…

Inspiration is such an amazing phenomenon. Thinking back to when I first met my friend Lisa, it’s hard to imagine her not having brought her story of CMV into the conversation. It’s not so much that it defines her, as…

Speaking of miracles .... over 30 years ago I marveled over the birth of this baby's mom, my first niece.  So in a world of turmoil, we make room for the amazing grace of new life, the hope and purity…

"I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I STILL HAVE A DREAM" ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. .... Each year I come to appreciate more fully how profoundly…

I wanted to mark the beginning of the new year with a ritual to honor my new home with an ancient tradition of affixing a mezuzah to the doorpost.  I'm grateful to the old and new friends and neighbors who…

This post is about celebrating, not focused on eating birds. Most people I know do, and I love the many carnivores in my life. Instead I reflect on gratitude and how the fruits of that experience are far more fulfilling…

Last night at the Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, aka The Kate, Graham shared the stage with Shane Fontayne, whose gorgeous rich and playful lead guitar was matched only by the harmonies that evoked heavenly moments and memories of CSN&Y…

Have you ever noticed how much the shape of a baby grand can be likened to a heart, in how it opens for the breath of sound, the slightly off roundness of it .... well here I am sitting behind…