James Earl Carter, Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024)

by Dr. Joseph Olejak
Old Chatham Meeting

At 100 years of age Jimmy Carter has shed his mortal coil and joined his creator.

He’ll be remembered less for his legislative and presidential accomplishments and more for his true commitments as a humanitarian and peacemaker in presidential retirement. 

Report from the Quiet Committee (QC)

by Mary Beth W. DiMarco
Syracuse Meeting

The Flower and Finance Subcommittee (FFS) of the Stewardship and Finance Committee (SFC), the only committee with access to a budget, has been approved to purchase 1,234 seedlings from any and all NYYM Regional Quakers (whose gardens date back to early 1800s and are now in need of pruning, but I digress.) 

A Tender Time Makes Great Tinder for the Last Flames of Life

Review by Carl Blumenthal
Brooklyn Meeting

My motto as an end-of-life midwife (“death doula”), who ferries people from the shore of life into the ocean of infinity, is “save the best for last.”