by Minga Claggett-Borne | Dec 18, 2010 | Light In Action
Raising children is so much a fabric of our society, but nobody knows how to do it. Now that my sons are in college what have I learned? After 22 years total of raising kids, it becomes 2nd nature to check to see whether everyone’s tucked in beds at night and whether...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Dec 3, 2010 | Light In Action
So we aren’t such a just society. My childhood dreams have been drained to a trickle. I remember singing with gusto at 9 years old, You’re a grand old flag, you’re a high-flying flag and forever in peace may you wave. You’re the emblem of, the land we love, The home...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 15, 2010 | Light In Action, Quakers in the Field
I go into prison several times a year to offer nonviolent strategies. The Alternative to Violence program (AVP) is a successful program with a simple concept. If you practice self-respect and treat others as if you expect their best behaviors, you can live without...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 9, 2010 | Light In Action
The trees are candle flames flickering in the wind. The wind doesn’t howl, but it’s brisk, sharp. The leaves dive, pause and with a sudden updraft a bouquet of color is tossed upward. It’s Halloween. A hallowed time. A time suspended. Oct 31 is a...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 1, 2010 | Light In Action
Trees are so green. Still. I love the lingering days mid-October, the temperature drops one degree lower each day. Slowly, so slowly the dahlias and sunflowers descend into a frosted land. Summer grips us tighter this year. Its talons hold on fiercely even as its fire...
