This is an excerpt from Winds of Change, the third novel in the Dandelion Trilogy.You can find it here>> By morning, the smoke had swallowed the sky. The day dawned in an eerie orange glow. The Council of All Beings disbanded and evacuated. Charlie and Zadie drove north, shoulders twitching and tensing as the fire tripped […]
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The Council of All Beings – Winds of Cha
This is an excerpt from Winds of Change, the third novel in the Dandelion Trilogy.You can find it here>> They drove south from Oregon along the winding coastal highway, craning their necks at the explosions of surf and stopping every half hour to admire the wild coast. Craggy mounds of eroding sandstone skulked in the fog. […]
Hurricane Eve – Winds of Change
This is an excerpt from Winds of Change, the third novel in the Dandelion Trilogy.You can find it here>> A high wind smacked the water, kicking up waves that glinted grey as the overcast sky. Barrie eyed the river warily as he slurped his coffee. He set the mug down and tied a second bowline to […]
Turning Up The Heat – Winds of Change
This is an excerpt from Winds of Change, the third novel in the Dandelion Trilogy.You can find it here>> Heat flattened the city. Asphalt gleamed, shiny and malevolent. Concrete endured in washed-out weariness. Anything green wilted and crisped at the edges in the inferno of the record-breaking summer temperatures. Heat waves curled off the concrete, steel, […]
The Democracy Lab – Winds of Change
This is an excerpt from Winds of Change, the third novel in the Dandelion Trilogy. Find it through our Community Publishing Campaign here>> ____________________ The Democracy Lab’s Forum took place in an old chapel which had been stripped of religious iconography. It had been converted into a theater-in-the-round by removing the pews and circling concentric rings […]
The Murmuration – Winds of Change
“Starling Murmuration – Eastbridge” by Airwolfhound is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 The Murmuration – From Winds of Change .This is an excerpt from Winds of Change, the third novel in the Dandelion Trilogy.You can find it here>> _________________ The murmuration swarmed through the streets like a wild dance class released from studio walls. It was a flocking movement, modeled […]
Change the Story, Change the World
2-hr Webinar w/ Authors & Activists Rivera Sun and Nina KoevoetsWed, June 10th at 1pm ET/7pm Central European Time Today we have a unique opportunity: we as humanity are at a crossroad where we can choose to continue with the violent practices that have brought enormous destruction to our planet and all beings OR we […]
Ari Ara Wins A Silver Nautilus Award!
Hip hip hooray! The Lost Heir is the winner of the 2019 Nautilus Award Silver Medal in Middle Grade Fiction. This honor is given to books with socially-engaged themes. Ari Ara’s second adventure, full of youth organizing, economic justice, and a fantasy world where street urchins and migrant workers build peace and wage nonviolence to stop […]
“Wendy” Movie Brings Peter Pan’s Deepest
by Rivera Sun “Wendy” is a mind-blowing, intense, and soul-shattering new film from the creators of Beasts of the Southern Wild. The movie burst through my heart and soul like the freight train that conveys the modern-day remix’s characters to Never Never Land. This adaptation transcends the syrupy interpretations we’ve come to expect from Peter […]
Strategy 4 Action!
Strategy 4 Action! Webinar w/ Rivera Sun Note: This webinar has passed. But, good news! There’s another one coming up on May 3rd. Find out more here: https://paceebene.org/events/2020/5/3/nonviolence-in-action-planning-amp-strategy-online-course This 2-hr webinar introduces strategic concepts that you can use for a variety of nonviolent action campaigns. These are tools for everyone! Nonviolent action comes in all […]