Spirit and Change

This episode of Butterfly Arose continues learning from Doctor Danielle Ofri in her book When We Do Harm, A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. Where the last episode looked at procedural errors, this one looks at cognitive errors, the harm they can cause and what, if anything, can be done about them.

Episode 12 Taking the Complex World of Medicine Seriously Part II Listen now | This episode of Butterfly Arose continues learning from Doctor Danielle Ofri in her book When We Do Harm, A Doctor Confronts Medical Error.

I just finished watching this video on cancel culture. I thought it was thoughtful, funny at times, and a more balanced view than you sometimes see in the media.

Watch XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture Episode: The Turning Point: XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture - NBC.com Watch The Turning Point: XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture (Season 1, Episode 1) of XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture or get episode details on NBC.com

Episode 15, Pax by Annie Lighthart, is now live.

In Episode 14 of Sacred Gyre I said I would read a selection of poems from Annie Lighthart's new book Pax, and it is now live. As I say in the opening, I think the connection Annie has to nature and humanity is why, as the blurb on the back or her book says, "Pax is a book of peace, a book of love poems to the world." And, I would add, qualities that come through her as a friend. I offer my readings from her book as an introduction to Annie and her poetry.

In preparation for this episode of Sacred Gyre, I asked Annie to read these poems again, for herself, and to send me a word or phrase that came up for her on each one. She did, and so after I tell you the name of the poem, I will relate her words as well as something about the poem that is meaningful for me.

I hope you enjoy my reading of her poems and that it helps you encounter them in a way that reading them to yourself does not. And please go to the Sacred Gyre Books and Links section of my website at emilypnewberry DOT Substack DOT com to be directed to her website and her book. Or you can just Google Sacred Gyre Substack.

Episode 15 Pax by Annie Lighthart I read a selection of poems from her new book. I hope you get as lost in them as I did.

This writer I think eloquently writes about why both antisemitism and islamophobia are on the rise in America, and why it is important to oppose both if we are to live up to our ideals as a liberal democracy.

Taking Antisemitism Seriously Doesn’t Require Downplaying Islamophobia The two hatreds have similar causes and thus must be jointly opposed

I found this video an easy watch because it talks about the complex question of what underlies human happiness on a country by country basis in terms understandable to the average person. One conclusion I found to be most positive in terms of hope for the future is that a high rate of life satisfaction does not require some idea of a "perfect" country.

The Real Reason Finns are so Happy When UnPopulist Senior Producer Landry Ayres moved to Finland three years ago, he'd heard it was the happiest country in the world as deemed by the UN's Worl...