by Susan | Apr 25, 2016 | Monuments
The Kinder Mass Trespass was an act of civil disobedience by young men from Manchester and Sheffield intended to secure free access to England’s mountains and moorlands. The ramblers walked from Bowden Bridge Quarry to climb the hill called Kinder Scout in the...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2016 | National Poetry Month
I prove a theorem and the house expands: the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling, the ceiling floats away with a sigh. As the walls clear themselves of everything but transparency, the scent of carnations leaves with them. I am out in the open and above the...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
April 24, 1934 Shirley MacLaine “Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. It’s where all the fruit is.” April 26, 1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein “A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 24, 1932 Benny Rothman lead the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, in the English Peak District, to highlight the fact that walkers in England and Wales were illegally denied access to areas of open country. Although controversial when it occurred, it has been...
by Susan | Apr 23, 2016 | National Poetry Month
You will be walking some night in the comfortable dark of your yard and suddenly a great light will shine round about you, and behind you will be a wall you never saw before. It will be clear to you suddenly that you were about to escape, and that you are guilty: you...
