JUST Alternatives

03/17/2024

Free Spirit reaching for home, ERR, photo by Ben Mendlowitz.

12/25/2023

Sunset Christmas 2023, Brooklin, Maine

11/26/2023

Portent, Night Sky, Brooklin, Maine 112523

11/24/2023

The Thanksgiving scene out the window, courtesy of SS and dear friends. Sculpture by Rebekah Raye on loan. After a long summer of Dances with Beavers.

11/25/2022

Day after Thanksgiving, 2022. The WoodenBoat pier at a nearly 12-1/2 foot tide. Already dreaming of Summer.

12/13/2021

I am always so honored to facilitate trainings in Georgia, with the always-amazing professionals there.

02/01/2021

Screen shot from the WoodenBoat We**am, the last shot of the day on January 31, 2021. Too good not to share.

06/22/2011

Just a link to the story of an amazing and courageous man, whom I met at the NCVC Conference where I spoke today. You have to see him to really believe him, a former NFL linebacker (huge) who kept his abuse silent for more than thirty years. This is a couple of years old, but it's powerful.

Al Chesley's Testimony on Maryland's SB: 238

02/22/2011

On Support for Survivors of Clergy Abuse and Exploitation, check out: http://www.snapnetwork.org/

SNAP, The Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests, is a national, self-help organization of victims of sexual abuse by clergy and sexual abuse by nuns.

02/14/2011

For an amazing documentary film on the profound complexities of family violence and violation, check out Chico Colvard's "Family affair," just beginning to gain greater traction. It is a powerful and illuminating film.

02/09/2011

Not to blow my own horn too much, the current (Jan/Feb) issue of Yankee magazine contains a profile that attempt to describe my double life -- with crime victims/survivors, and with wooden boats and yachts. It's available on line at: http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2011-01/features/wooden-boat

Jon Wilson, founder of Wooden Boat magazine, is part counselor, part friend, who helps victims of violent crimes move past rage and anger, recovery and forgiveness. By Ian Aldrich, Yankee Magazine

02/05/2011

A psychiatrist friend with a commitment to social change recommended that we set up a JUST Alternatives site on Facebook so that more people would become aware of the issues that victims/survivor and offenders wrestle with. I'm very grateful to him for pushing me into this side of the Network. If this idea and approach matters to you, please let others know by Liking it.