by Sarah Weaver | May 15, 2026 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
On May 18, 2026 I gave an 18 minute talk on the work of Joanna Macy to the Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Of course, compressing this remarkable woman’s legacy into a short talk proved to be challenging! I found it harder than I’d...
by Sarah Weaver | Jan 12, 2026 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
I read this poem recently at a solstice event, and referenced it on my Coastlines blog today (https://linesfromthecoast.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-light-returns.html). I’ve had requests for it, so am reprinting it here. Because of the formatting, I’ve...
by Sarah Weaver | Dec 12, 2025 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
I posted back in April about a talk I gave to Capital Unitarians about my journey into poetry. At the end of November I gave a version of the same talk to the larger Unitarian congregation in Victoria, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Victoria. I talked...
by Sarah Weaver | Jul 5, 2024 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Since my last post in early May, I’ve been working on poetry. I had the opportunity to spend a day with Metis poet Conor Kerr (https://www.conorkerr.ca/). Kerr’s latest book is a collection of poems about how we all have roots in the “old gods”...
by Sarah Weaver | Mar 22, 2024 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
It’s been eight years since I tent camped for six weeks in Newfoundland with my partner. The land captivated me. Even though conditions were harsh — or maybe, because they were! — I didn’t want to leave. Here’s an image from the trip, and...
