On a Pine Street some years in the future, bicycles are key to a teenager's social and educational life.
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Pine Street Episode 219: Looking Back
We visit a Pine Street of the future, looking back with its residents on a year of profound change.
Pine Street Episode 214: Realignment
Sasha is on her own journey, and sees something beautiful inside the broken spot in her heart.
Pine Street Episode 213: Realignment
David catches a glimpse of someone behind a mask, someone he has been thinking about, almost haunted by.
Pine Street Episode 212: Realignment
David helps Louise sort through her sister's things, but cannot take away her grief.
The thing about independence
This weekend the United States celebrates its declaration of independence from Great Britain, made in 1776. An event that is, as all historical events are, a mix of hopefulness, exclusion, ethnocentrism, positivity and harm, progress and potential. We acknowledge this mix with humility and dedication to rise to the promises made. We can also focus … Continue reading The thing about independence
Equality
True equality for anyone depends on true equality for everyone. We are either all equal participants in our democracy, or none of us are. Work for true equality, which intersects with all our lives.
Discomfort
Let us not run from our discomfort into misplaced certainty. Discomfort is a sign of a powerful, profound opportunity, that we cannot afford to squander. In the discomfort of this moment, there is an opening for something beautiful: Change.
Focus
If, like me, you are having a hard time focusing this week, I offer this: Focus on the love made visible around you; Focus on the birds swooping in the wind; Focus on the willingness of so many to stand for change; Focus on the first blossom on a pea vine; Focus on all the … Continue reading Focus
Listen
In 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr., said: "A riot is the language of the unheard." As my country experiences so much pain, so much injustice, so much anger, so much sorrow, and so much loss, all expressed in sweeping, massive protests, my intention is to ask: What, and who, have we refused to hear, that … Continue reading Listen
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