What does Marsha teach me?
Marsha is our family dog. She’s a rescue. She came with her name from the pound, and we felt it suited her. She’s now about 14 years old...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 31
- 2 min
What could a snail teach me?
Thrift, agency, courage (in vulnerability), and humility are snails’ teachings for me. Problem: I’ve stepped on too many snails during...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 21
- 3 min
Sitting in Silence with a Close Friend: A Prayer/Meditation Practice
I admit that I’m learning how to pray again. Suggestions from Richard Rohr’s book Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 18
- 2 min
At the Tip of My Tongue: A Mindfulness Practice
I can sense that on the spectrum of reactive to calm that I often have been settled into reactive. If you find that you experience that...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 12
- 2 min
If this school worksheet were to be excavated 1000 years from now, what would it say about us?
This morning I noticed the same child’s school worksheet that I’d seen several times on our morning walk. No one claimed it. So, I took...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 3
- 3 min
Will You Know about This Before It Becomes Law?
Laws and resolutions generally need support to be passed. Express your support/opposition to the following current resolutions to your...
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Beth Cusack
- Aug 13
- 4 min
Prison Inspections: Why should you care?
Do you know the conditions of the nearest jail to you? I never gave it any thought until the county judge proclaimed that the county...
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Beth Cusack
- Feb 15
- 3 min
Recognizing Slights of the Round Table
My Zoom Thought Exercise to Envision Diversity and Improve Communication You may find yourself on zoom to have any number of meetings....
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Beth Cusack
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Do We Treat Someone Like Neon?
neon signs contain noble gases hoping to float free into space This haiku is why I find that creative writing becomes a channel for me to...
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Beth Cusack
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Do or Be, Ant or Grasshopper? A reflection on my favorite Aesop's Fable
“The Ants and the Grasshopper” fable by Aesop resonates with me on many levels. http://read.gov/aesop/052.html I think that I relate to...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 16, 2021
- 3 min
Why I Dropped Facebook but Kept Twitter
The top reasons I dropped Facebook 1. Little original content: I'd scroll through my feed of people I follow and find little original...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
Why I Dropped Instagram but Kept Twitter
As an Artist I admit that I’m already missing the lovely visual appeal of Instagram. Some folks take it to the next level, mapping out...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Growing near Sunlight: Youth and What We Model
young vines wind around whatever they find to help them grow near sunlight. This haiku I wrote this morning is a reflection for me. A...
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Beth Cusack
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry as Activism for Women in Society
Today I wrote this haiku. I was thinking of how to put the word prompts borrow and aim together. On the surface, I thought of a benign...
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Beth Cusack
- Jul 28, 2021
- 1 min
Writing to My Younger Self
I think I'll start doing this exercise daily for a few days. Today kicks off the first poem to my younger self. I didn't write this poem...
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Beth Cusack
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
Writing for Mental Health
I find that writing creatively and freely is what gives me a daily outlet to process subconsciously my emotions and thoughts,...
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