BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17207@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T130000 DTSTAMP:20260210T193755Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2026-02-11/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-No Bad Herbs-Hugo DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-No Bad Herbs-Hugo An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short r eading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come t wice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years have fo und that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate communit y of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the rea ding itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a sessio n only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well th is way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\ n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and cal ling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from gro up members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that r ole.\n\nThe reading for this session: Wednesday (2/11 at 12 noon)\n\nIt wa s supposed that he must have formerly lived out in the country\, for he ha d all sorts of useful secrets that he taught the peasants. He showed them how to get rid of grain moths by sprinkling the granary and washing the cr acks of the floor with a solution of common salt\, and how to drive away w eevils by hanging up all around the ceiling and walls\, in the pastures\, and in the houses\, orviot flowers. He had recipes for clearing a field of rust\, of vetches\, of moles\, of dog grass\, and all the weeds that comp ete with the grain. He protected a rabbit warren against rats with nothing but the odor of a little Barbary pig that he placed there.\n\nOne day he saw some peasants busily pulling out nettles\; he looked at the heap of pl ants\, uprooted\, and already wilted\, and said\, “They’re dead\; but it would be good if we knew how to put them to some use. When the nettle i s young\, the leaves make excellent greens\; when it grows old it has fila ments and fibers like hemp and flax. Cloth made from the nettle is as good as cloth made from hemp. Chopped up\, the nettle is good for poultry\; po unded\, it is good for cattle. Nettle seeds mixed with animals’ fodder g ives a luster to their hides\; the roots\, mixed with salt\, produce a bea utiful yellow dye. And it makes excellent hay\, because it can be cut twic e in a season. And what does nettle need? Very little soil\, no care\, no culture\; except that the seeds fall as fast as they ripen\, and it is dif ficult to gather them\, that’s all. If we took a little time\, the nettl e would be useful\; we neglect it\, and it becomes harmful. Then we kill i t. Men are so like the nettle!” After a short silence\, he added\, “My friends\, remember this: There are no bad herbs\, and no bad men\; there are only bad cultivators.”\n\n—Victor Hugo from Les Miserables about M onsieur Madeleine\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nHow to join:\n\n\n\n Join th is class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923\, passcode 2 27385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by one-tap on mobile phones: 6699006833\,\,9686580 8923#  (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the Bay Area?  Find your lo cal number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Wedn esdays. For the Zoom link for Saturday\, go to Calendar and click on a Sat urday session.\n\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uu cpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text R eading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our s ources are secular--but it's worth describing the qualities of a sacred te xt\, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel more inten sely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more d eeply\n be more fully and authentically ourselves.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09 /Resonant-Reading.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR