This is a guest blog from Suzi Banks Baum, a beautiful and electric woman who presented an art workshop of image, word and techniques that we, students were grateful to absorb.
Suzi gives voice, in so many vibrant and meaningful ways, to mothers in much of her work and play. She also lives this voice within her charming family.
“But what can I do?” we so often ask, feeling helpless in the face of horror, tragedy and suffering. Can we look within and find our own answer to that and break the paralysis gripping us in great numbers?
Yes, we can. Here is a humble and exaulted answer.
Napkinwriter 
Thank you Susan for this. The experience of Newtown, tagged on by the Marathon and today, Cleveland all takes a toll on our spirits unless we find a way to take action. And, like it or not, violent acts of much less note happen all the time in our towns. I urge readers to find ways to spread seeds of kindness and love wherever they live. And, as always, a pie is equal to a ton of seeds! xoxoox Yours with love, Suzi
So true, Suzi, you have put into words, that are hard to find, that whole notion we talked about which is floating around within me……living more and more each day with that which we know, and that which we don’t know. I am so relieved to know your being lights our Earth. Good Morning, Great Barrington!