Life is a continual process of birth and death, creation and decomposition, giving forth and letting go. Out of the ashes the phoenix is born.  As the autumn leaves fall we are reminded winter will soon be upon us - a time of reflection, of casting off the robes of this past year to prepare for a new coat in the approaching spring.  Now it is the time of gratitude - for all we have, for all we are and all we can be, for those who are with us, for those who came before, for all the creatures and fauna that make this earth a wonderous place. 

WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR?

Posted: October 31st, 2007 under my thoughts.
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“Life is a banquet and most poor fools are starving to death.” 

Auntie Mame—MAME!

“Softening of everything that’s rigid in your heart. Work on yourself. Work on your own aggression. And that’s sowing the seeds of peace.”   

Pema Chodron—American Buddhist nun and author

Posted: October 17th, 2007 under Quoted.
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Peace Child International 25th Anniversary Reunion will be held Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2007, near Washington D.C. (in Arlington, VA). Attending will be myself, Abby, Pam, David and Georgie from the Kazakhstan Tour. Hopefully many more friends will be there from various Peace Child tours. The deadline for registration was Oct. 1, but I would guess they will still be accepting forms for some time. You can go to the Peace Child International Alumni Yahoo Group to get more information and registration forms.

Posted: October 16th, 2007 under Announcement, Event, Peace Child.
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I am very excited to join the inter-web with my first blog! I was inspired to create this because I am hoping to reconnect with some old friends. As a youth I traveled to the Soviet Union with a touring production called Peace Child. I started out getting involved locally in Berkeley and San Francisco working directly with David Woolecombe, the local Marin chapter and the chorus that supported the first international tour of 1986. I later was in the chorus supporting the Central American tour (’88). In 1987 -I applied and was accepted into a touring cast. I traveled with the Peace Child Boston/U.S.S.R. Tour in and visited Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov-on-don, Sochi, and Yerevan. The following summer of 1988 I traveled to Kazakhstan and then in 1989 to Latvia. Peace Child International opened my eyes to other cultures and ideas; to seeing different people as human beings and that no matter what our politics or nationality—in our hearts we all want the same things and we all want peace. I made so many friends that I will never forget. Unfortunately, so much time has passed that many of the phone numbers and addresses are no longer accurate. I hope that through this blog I will create a living magnet for other Peace Child alumni to find each other. There are two companion sites I can refer alumni to and that is Abigail Garner’s Website (Kazakhstan Tour) and Debbie Snyder’s Peace Child Alumni Yahoo Group (Boston/USSR 1987 Tour). So, to all my old friends and Peace Child alumni, please Reach Out and say “hello”.

Posted: October 12th, 2007 under Greeting, Peace Child.
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