SONG: People Want Peace So Much

People Want Peace So Much Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke the words that are the beginning of this song in London in 1959: I wonder when governments will listen to the people? Or, I wonder when the people will insist that their governments “get out…

SONG: I Didn’t Know

I Didn’t Know My mother and I had talked together long before she died about her dying. We read books together (for instance, “Last Letter to the Pebble People” by Virginia H. Hine), we had conversations, we wrote about it in letters. And when…

SONG: Peace Makers

Peacemakers Can you be one? A peacemaker? I love the last verse: Move toward the vision of peace now created. Stands in its center, move toward the dream. Touch the stranger. Banish the fear and feel wholeness, healing, there is a singing: Blessed are…

SONG: Don’t Write Me a Letter

Don’t Write Me a Letter I really wrote this because it happened to a friend of mine who was in a relationship and he broke it off with a letter. Seemed disrespectful to me. You talk a lot when you’re starting a relationship, and…

SONG: Nuclear Free Zone

Nuclear-Free Zone There are some areas of the world that are nuclear-free zones. After hearing people who were present at Hirashima, I’d feel much better if there were just no nuclear weapons.

SONG: Do You Hear Me Talking

Do You Hear Me Talking? There are simple examples of this—when we just don’t listen to each other. Sometimes it’s in a marriage where the same question is asked over and over again and it feels like one person was simply not listening. It…

SONG: Call Me Woman

Call Me Woman Language is important to me. I’m not a lady. I’m not a girl. I’m a strong, resourceful, creative woman. My name is Ann—without an “e”. I think whenever you say “She’s a…..” you need to double check yourself because first and…

SONG: I Git Tired

I Git Tired I wrote this when I had four children at home and a traveling husband and I did get tired of trying to do everything—the dishes, mopping the floor, taking the garbage out, cleaning the toilets. So I divided the jobs up…

SONG: The Army Is Having a Bake Sale

The Army Is Having a Bake Sale The Fellowship of Reconciliation, headquartered in Nyack, NY once put out a postcard that said the titled of this song! The situation hasn’t changed in that our defense budget continues to grow and grow and grow—with few…

[Song] Restroom Door

Restroom Door I still notice the sign on the restroom door as I enter. I would say that in the last thirty-five years the signage issue has improved and many more restroom doors say “Women” than used to. But I stay vigilant because occasionally…

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