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  • Remembering Comfort and Joy

    by Susan von Konsky

    I have forgotten everything I once knew about advent. I know there are candles and a wreath and pink and purple are the important colors in the weeks leading up to Christmas, but I’ve forgotten what those symbols mean—the greater significance of the season. These externalities are more ritual, stair steps to cue me. I must get to my candy making, and tree cutting,...

    December 21, 2017
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    Spirituality & Religion, Uncategorized
  • It’s Raining Men—Nevertheless She Persists

    by Susan von Konsky

    The building was beige. The logo out front spoke with an architectural-fortitude, blocky and blue. It conveyed trust and solidity. The orderly cubicles contained the worker bees, every one of us in our allotment of the honeycomb. Directors had a double wide because they were special, but not too special. Vice Presidents and above were in an office. The meticulous grounds spoke with a...

    March 17, 2017
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  • Why Not a Second Chance?

    by Susan von Konsky

    It is the end of summer. I am away from the press of Silicon Valley on vacation in Alaska by myself. I am far from home — a distance that allows for my own thoughts, a distance that drains my mind of my daily myriad of shortfalls: should do, should be, should have. All those back breaking, mind electrifying shoulds. The get shit dones of life...

    February 20, 2017
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  • Why It Matters

    by Susan von Konsky

    Welcome to the blog that confronts big challenges but doesn’t promise any answers. May these words be a chain of connection in a disconnected world. Because everything is personal, and we are far from alone. Hope. Honesty. Resilience.

    February 8, 2017
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  • If You Really Want to Cure Cancer…

    by Susan von Konsky

    Originally published in The Huffington Post, September 20, 2016 The intuitive angel card reader told me to stay out of Target. Fortunately, I already knew this for myself. She was saying it because of the crowds and her meaning wasn’t limited specifically to Target but extended to all frenetic, modern superstores. She was saying it because she said, “you pick up the energy of other...

    February 7, 2017
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  • Can’t We All Just Get Along?

    by Susan von Konsky

    Originally Published in The Huffington Post on August 8, 2016. It is near the end of July, 2016, and we are gathering for my father’s birthday. It’s been a good day at work, and I look forward to some family time with my brother Brian who is flying to San Francisco from Perth, Western Australia tonight. He comes this time of year as much...

    February 7, 2017
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Why It Matters

May these words be a chain of connection in a disconnected world. Because everything is personal, and we are far from alone. Hope. Honesty. Resilience.
December 21, 2017

Remembering Comfort and Joy

March 17, 2017

It’s Raining Men—Nevertheless She Persists

February 20, 2017

Why Not a Second Chance?

February 8, 2017

Why It Matters

February 7, 2017

If You Really Want to Cure Cancer…

February 7, 2017

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

"Nevertheless, she persisted..."

Mitch McConnell, United States Senator, Kentucky

Remembering Comfort and Joy

by Susan von Konsky

I have forgotten everything I once knew about advent. I know there are candles and a wreath and pink and purple are the important colors in the weeks leading up to Christmas, but I’ve forgotten what those symbols mean—the greater significance of the season. These externalities are more ritual, stair steps to cue me. I must get to my candy making, and tree cutting,...

December 21, 2017
Comments 0
Spirituality & Religion, Uncategorized

It’s Raining Men—Nevertheless She Persists

by Susan von Konsky

The building was beige. The logo out front spoke with an architectural-fortitude, blocky and blue. It conveyed trust and solidity. The orderly cubicles contained the worker bees, every one of us in our allotment of the honeycomb. Directors had a double wide because they were special, but not too special. Vice Presidents and above were in an office. The meticulous grounds spoke with a...

March 17, 2017
Comments 0
Uncategorized

Why Not a Second Chance?

by Susan von Konsky

It is the end of summer. I am away from the press of Silicon Valley on vacation in Alaska by myself. I am far from home — a distance that allows for my own thoughts, a distance that drains my mind of my daily myriad of shortfalls: should do, should be, should have. All those back breaking, mind electrifying shoulds. The get shit dones of life...

February 20, 2017
Comments 0
Uncategorized

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