PinnedThe Great Maw of ConsumerismA friend and I bought the house I live in. It was 2009. A sliver of a moment when the financial system tanked enough that this…Oct 31, 20221Oct 31, 20221
What is love? I asked myself…What is love, the love blind one asked everyone.Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023
Thanksgiving the year we turned 8 billionImagine 8 billion people giving thanks. Not thankful because of Pilgrims or victory in war. Just thankful for being alive. Sunrise. The…Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
A lament for AmericaOn the eve of the USA election, I’m reviving this poem from july 4 2021, born of my love/hate relationship with the land of my birth:Nov 2, 2022Nov 2, 2022
Letters to the editor: climateEvery few weeks I’ll draft a letter to the editor of our island county newspaper. There’s a rhythm to each one. A local angle, and then a…Oct 26, 2022Oct 26, 2022
This life is a puzzle that can’t be solvedThere is no solving this, this world of so many scattered pieces, incomplete sentences, and missing information.Oct 25, 20222Oct 25, 20222
Yom Kippur ConfessionalYom Kippur. The sealing of our fate for the year. The humbling of our willful agendas and surrendering to the will of YHWH, or reality. The…Sep 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021
How did Little Mary Sunshine turn into … this?What’s the female version of “grumpy old man”?Jul 30, 2021Jul 30, 2021
How we survive bullies (in politics and love)I know @realdonaldtrump. Not personally but many many years ago I lived with a bully-man. He was a smart, charismatic, focused and a…Oct 7, 2019Oct 7, 2019
Is there Hope for the Future?Hope for the future? Big question. If the future looks bleak, do I change or do I just “eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die”? If…Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019