I’m writing from Dublin, a city that understands the math of motion. It was here that one of the most rapid wholesale migrations in history occurred. Driven by starvation during the potato famine, and met with deafening silence and inaction from England just across the water, the Irish scattered. They fled to New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States. They were nomads created by desperation and hostility from those abusing their power, and they were often treated poorly by their new homelands.
Letters from Spain: Nomads on Different Time Frames
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Tom Adams writes and speaks on topics vital to the intersection of our personal lives with our community and global lives. He has for decades been engaged in and written about nonprofit leadership and transitions, spirituality and spiritual growth, how we each contribute to a more just and equitable world and recovery from addictions and the Twelve Step recovery movement.