On the day Hamas bombed Israel, killing 1,400 people and kidnapping hundreds of others, I spoke about the power of art in front of The Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project.

Today is my first day back to work after my three-week family adventure in Spain and Iceland. This trip was a much-needed break for all of us. It was a time for us to rest and relax, to connect with each other, ourselves, and this beautiful planet we live on.

I spent the past 7 days on a personal retreat, in my own home, processing and integrating all that has happened in my life over the past year and a half.

It is 2023, and the majority of Americans now believe climate change is real and mostly caused by human activity. Taking action on the climate, with other people, is one of the best and most hopeful things we can do to move from hopelessness to what Joanna Macy calls Active Hope. 

We, in the northern latitudes, are in the season of darkness—dark when we awaken in the morning, dark by late afternoon. This is not my first winter. I know—I Trust—that the light will return.