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Peace Is Here explores the deep architecture of a life unweaponed with a light-hearted touch and a scholar’s heart. Join Avis Kalfsbeek, writer of feisty fiction, for a daily curriculum of peace. We explore historic treaties, nature’s quiet wisdom, and the creative art-vision required for #TheGreatDisarmament. From deep-dive series on peace heroes to fiction stories and personal riffs, we look beneath the surface to see the peace that is already here.
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Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Wendell Berry: Cultivator of Place
In this episode, we honor Wendell Berry, whose life combines farming, writing, and moral witness rooted in local land. We reflect on how staying close, resisting abstraction, and caring for our home ground may be radical acts of peace, continuing our theme: Stewards of the Earth.
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Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Jane Goodall: Witness Among the Wild
In this episode, we explore how Jane Goodall’s decades among chimpanzees turned quiet witnessing into global advocacy. We reflect on how she honored individuality in all beings and challenged us to see deeper than the veil of species. This episode concludes our theme: Stewards of the Earth.
Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Rachel Carson: Voice of the Silent Spring
In this episode, we honor Rachel Carson—the marine biologist turned environmental prophet—whose cautionary voice saved countless lives and ecosystems. We reflect on how she listened to nature’s silence and urged us to do the same, carrying on our theme: Stewards of the Earth.
Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow
Saturday Oct 25, 2025
Saturday Oct 25, 2025
Vandana Shiva: The Freedom of the Seed
In this episode, we meet Vandana Shiva—physicist, ecofeminist, and food sovereignty champion. We explore her journey from studying quantum theory to leading a global movement for Seed Freedom and Earth Democracy, carrying on our theme: Stewards of the Earth.
Get Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Further Reading: Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace by Vandana Shiva
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
John Muir: The Forest Is the Door
In this episode, we explore the life and legacy of John Muir—writer, wanderer, and early environmental advocate. We reflect on his long walks, the trees he loved, and the complicated truths of his era, as we launch our new theme: Stewards of the Earth.
Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32540
Music: "Dalai Llama Rides a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Mary Tuthill Lindheim: Credo in Clay
In this episode Avis Kalfsbeek honors Mary Tuthill Lindheim, whose ceramics, sculpture, and activism manifested a life lived by creed. We explore how her moral compass intertwined with material, land, and service.
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here:AvisKalfsbeek.com
Mary Tuthill Lindheim Recommended References:
Crocker Art Museum: https://www.crockerart.org/blog/post/mary-tuthill-lindheim-kindred-responses-to-life
Mary Tuthill Lindheim: Art and Inspiration: https://abbywasserman.net/book-mary-tuthill-lindheim#:~:text=Publication%20details:,purchase%20from%20Publisher
And see her Credo below.
Music: "Dalai Llama Rides a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
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Mary Tuthil Lindheim’s Credo:
- To greet each day as a gift.
- To find richness in a simple way of living.
- To be inventive, self-reliant, curious, searching.
- To find ways to do the most with the least.
- To never make money the goal.
- To share what I have with those who have less.
- To value ideals. To always try to live up to them and never count the cost of standing up for convictions.
- To value the friendship of shared commitments.
- To be in awe of the incredible intricacies and order of the universe… the rhythms of the sun and the moon and the seasons, the blossoming earth, the waters and the mountains and deserts and stars, the marvel of a human body or the architecture of a flower.
- To find the divine in the profoundness of the cosmos and in the struggles and joys of the human heart.
- To be responsible for my part to preserve our planet—the earth, the plants, the animals, air, water.
- To fight for the rights of people to be free of terror… To take part in this responsibility even when I feel afraid, or inadequate or in jeopardy.
- To feel richness in each stage of life and to always search for beauty.
- To feel the flow of music in every creative act.
- To never be afraid of emotion, to use it richly, responsibly and creatively.
- To value above all the love that is shared in its fullness.
- To treasure memories of shared love and respect and to never be afraid if there is pain as well as joy in reliving them.
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Cheryl Strayed: A Pack Called Grief
In this episode, we reflect on the life and writings of Cheryl Strayed—memoirist, advice-giver, and seeker of emotional truth. Her walk along the Pacific Crest Trail, made famous in Wild, became a public reckoning with private loss. We explore what it means to carry grief with honesty, to return to our truest self, and to walk toward peace—even with a heavy pack.
Get the new book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Fred Rogers: The Gentle Neighbor
In this episode, we meet Fred Rogers—minister, musician, public television pioneer—who used quiet words, ritual, and consistency to honor the inner lives of children. We explore how kindness in speech, consistency in care, and everyday integrity can be radical acts of peace.
Get the new bookPeace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter)
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Tom of Holland: Threads of Repair
In this episode, we honor Tom of Holland (Tom van Deijnen)—textile artist, mender, and teacher of visible repair. We explore his journey from fiber craft to founding the Visible Mending Programme, his philosophy of repair, and how we might rethink the story in our worn things.
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Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
@TomofHolland
Music: "Dalai Llama Rides a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Agnes Martin: Quiet Grids of Spirit
In this episode, we honor Agnes Martin—a painter of silence, repetition, and inward vision. We explore her life, artistic philosophy, spiritual leanings, and how empty space can be full of meaning.
Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com
Recommended Reading: Agnes Martin: Writings
Music: "Dalai Llama Rides a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez
- Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW?si=uszJs37sTFyPbXK4AeQvow