Okay, okay, so I'm supposed to tell people... Here's the news: I've been chosen to receive the Brookings (South Dakota) Human Rights Award, named for Dorothy & Eugene T. Butler, Jr. There's going to be…
Phyllis Cole-DaiAugust 14, 2013
A little chalk art from my neighborhood: "Music is life, Love is the lyrics."
Phyllis Cole-DaiAugust 13, 2013
Yesterday some friends and I launched the new website of the Brookings (SD) Interfaith Council. I had fun designing it. The mission of BIC? "To foster genuine understanding, respect and appreciation of diversity among people…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJuly 26, 2013
Note: This is a continuation of a post of last week titled, "Introducing Sarah Wakefield, My Friend and Hopefully Yours (Someday)." Sarah Wakefield Early on August 18, 1862, when war broke out in and…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJuly 23, 2013
Finally: I’m ready to cross the line between researching my historical novel and writing it. I’m not completely done with my research, but I know enough now to put pen to paper. Getting to this…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJuly 19, 2013
Among other things in my activist life, I work for Fast for the Earth. The Fast has been ongoing for nearly a year now, with 200+ participants in 24+ nations. Each of us fasts in…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJuly 19, 2013
The Fourth Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk was held on July 6, 2013, on the site of tar sands development by Syncrude and Suncor near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Canada. At least 500 people…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJuly 12, 2013
The procession passes the Syncrude tar sands oil upgrading plant.Here's my photo diary from the Tar Sands Healing Walk & Gathering, where I represented the Fast for the Earth on July 5-6, 2013. (Click on…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJuly 10, 2013
Late last night I returned from a very quick but very long trek into northern Alberta, Canada. (More on that later.) Just for fun, here's a poem I just put together this morning based on,…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJuly 9, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, I shared some reflections on my recent research swing through Minnesota, a trip in support of a historical novel I'm working on that is related to the U.S.-Dakota War of…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJune 27, 2013
I'll be representing Fast for the Earth at the Tar Sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on July 5-6. Fort McMurray is among the communities suffering most on the front lines of tar…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJune 17, 2013
Caption: While walking the trails around the Lower Agency, the site of the first planned attack by the Dakota in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, I found my way blocked by a massive fallen tree.…
Phyllis Cole-DaiJune 13, 2013
