{"id":5459,"date":"2026-05-04T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/?p=5459"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:45:24","slug":"reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>These reflections are timeless and aren\u2019t linked to any particular event; instead, the words contained here are the thoughts of our members and quotes from others that capture our thinking about the various issues that affect us all.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>World Beyond War Declaration of Peace.<\/i><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Portland Raging Grannies endorse this<i>\u00a0\u201cWorld Beyond War Declaration of Peace.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>Individuals can go to\u00a0<span class=\"s3\">http:\/\/worldbeyondwar.org\/individual\/<\/span>\u00a0and sign the pledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I [We] understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, siphoning resources from life-affirming activities. I [We] commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war and preparations for war and to create a sustainable and just peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Them and Us<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by Portland Raging Granny, Linda Schmoldt<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I used to say, \u201cI\u2019m fine<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">but the world is going to hell<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">in a handbasket.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Fine is less and less.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">No longer them and us.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Beware has jumped the fence.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s all us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blessing<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>by\u00a0Portland Raging Granny, Sulima Malzin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It can be this way sometimes<br \/>\neven in the rain or in a world<br \/>\nwhere every war is always lost.<\/p>\n<p>Friends gather for a visit no one planned.<br \/>\nWe talk and touch, brew a pot of tea.<br \/>\nA narrow band of sun travels trillions of miles<br \/>\nto dance on the rims of our cups.<\/p>\n<p>All at once in the quiet we are holding peace<br \/>\nin our hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These reflections are timeless and aren\u2019t linked to any particular event; instead, the words contained here are the thoughts of our members and quotes from others that capture our thinking about the various issues that affect us all. World Beyond War Declaration of Peace. The Portland Raging Grannies endorse this\u00a0\u201cWorld Beyond War Declaration of Peace.\u201d\u00a0Individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaggle-notes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5460,"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5459\/revisions\/5460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.raginggrannies.international\/portland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}