I am curious how everyone feels about Intentional Communities? There are so many different kinds to choose from! I would love to know if you would want to live in one?
Why or why not?
If no, what are your reservations to these kinds of living arrangements?
If yes, what would your ideal intentional community be?
https://piecesofpeaceonearth.substack.com/p/intentional-communities
Friends, I started a little poetry podcast this month!
Please “Follow” 365 Days of Poetry on Spotify.
Why a poetry podcast? People have been suggesting I launch a podcast for a while. When I took a close look at the kinds of podcasts that exist, and the kinds I’d like to listen to, I realized, as Jimmy Buffet did, there was a “poet shortage” 😉
At least in representation in Podcast Land! If you have a favorite poem you’d like to send for me to read or an audio of YOU reading it, please do so!
Ongoing list of featured poems and poets, click HERE!
Additional details, including how to support this ministry, click HERE!
Sunday, January 11th, 2026, UU Church of Waterville, Maine
Theme: Design Life
Service Leader: Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning
Thought for contemplation:
“Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the
future.”
— Robert L. Peters, Designer & Environmentalist
This service explores how Integrative Thinking, specifically the Design Thinking Model, can be utilized to strategically problem-solve and achieve goals in a variety of aspects of our lives. From fundraising for key projects and long-term planning for nonprofits, to creating a thriving personal life, Design Thinking offers a key to success.
Join us in-person or online to celebrate the Winter Solstice!
December 21, 2025
10:00 am in-person and via Zoom
Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville
69 Silver Street
Waterville, Maine
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88049341762?pwd=bzZTMjUwQjcrMDFzdWo5VWtqYVBJQT09
Worship Leaders: Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning, Alexis Burbank, Rachel Marsh-Sachs
Worship Associate: Linda Lee
Special thanks to Solstice Service Participants + Musicians:
Beth Schiller
Harry Vayo
Margaret J. O’Connell
Melissa Mckenzie
Maili Bailey
Allane Ball
Mark Jose
Mary McCann
Linda Seekins
Richard Thomas
Steph Trapnell
Marsha Turner
#LivingLifeAsAPrayer
#PulpitOfPeace
“Twinkle” Marie Manning was the featured poet Millinocket Memorial Library in Maine on November 14th, 2025. Special thanks to Ben Barr and Nicole Brennan. Much of the poetry she read can be found in her first poetry book entitled: “Accompanied.” Additional works can be found in the “Rivers of Ink” anthology by 12 Willow Press. www.TwinklesPlace.org #livinglifeasaprayer#pulpitofpeace#poetry#Mainepoet The music at the beginning and end of this video is by a very special musician. Eternal gratitude and love.
We are delighted to share the news that Jessica Cooper-Morgan and Nick Morgan have launched a new chapter of TEDxWaldenPond! They have a powerful line up of storytellers whose ideas spark meaningful transformation across every layer of life —from the deeply personal to the globally systemic.
October 30, 2025
Lincoln, MA
5–9 PM
Speakers include:
Maretta Morovitz, Brent J. Freeman, Karen Kelly, Alden E. Stoner, Bryant McBride, Kate O’Neill, David Muñiz Supple, Farah Nasser, and Morgan Englund.
This year’s TEDxWaldenPond Emcee is Tim Washer!
For more information and to purchase Your Tickets today for TEDx Walden Pond 2025: Connecting Worlds:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedx-walden-pond-2025-tickets-1292644848539?aff=oddtdtcreator
#TEDxWaldenPond #TEDx #TEDxConnectingWorlds
https://www.facebook.com/TEDxWaldenPond
Friends will recall that Twinkle and Cynthia created this event in Concord 2012. They are grateful the legacy continues!! Be sure to reminisce on the Facebook page and view all the videos of speakers through the years! As well as our photos:
https://twinklesplace.org/remembering-our-amazing-tedxwaldenpond-event/
Emma’s Revolution Concert
Thursday, October 23rd
First Universalist Church of Auburn
169 Pleasant Street, Auburn, ME
7:00pm-10:00pm
Emma’s Revolution “We Are The Power” concert with special guest, Portland Women’s Chorus, Women in Harmony!
Tickets: $25 advance/$30 door/ No one turned away
We are so excited Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning is presenting a spiritual message at next week’s NAUA Summit!! Her theme is “Arguing for the Sake of Heaven.”
It is one of many presentations this wonderful conference will offer.
Please join NAUA for all or part of the Summit!
It is entirely online this year and begins on 9/30/2025 and continues through 10/5/2025.
The overarching theme is “Building Bridges.”
Such a timely message!
CLICK THIS LINK FOR DETAILS AND TO RSVP:
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Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning’s Presentation:
“Arguing for the Sake of Heaven”
What do our disagreements look like? What, if any, are our ulterior motives when we engage in conversations with those we disagree with? Are they battles for the sake of winning? Or are they rooted in the search for truth and meaning? This service explores what it means to Argue for the Sake of Heaven as a practical and spiritual practice for Building Bridges.
#LivingLifeAsAPrayer
#PiecesOfPeaceOnEarth
#PulpitOfPeace
#NAUA
This poet will be ever-present in my life. Andrea Gibson’s work has been seeded through my own for years, and will be for years to come. Andrea transitioned just over a week ago. I, along with a world of lovers-of-her-spirit, wept. Still weep. Her writing delivered raw truth painted in buttercups upon fields of beauty. Ushered forth by a voice that, with technology and memory, will linger for as long as humans have access to them. Here is one of Andrea’s departing gifts:
“When Death Came to Visit” by Andrea Gibson
#EarthAngel
#AndreaGibson
#PiecesOfPeaceOnEarth
#LivingLifeAsAPrayer
#SpokenWord