Cindy Waszak GearyBirdsong * Cindy W. GearyI love to wake to the sound of birdsong. I am able to recognize the songs of only a handful of particular bird species, but I am ready to…Aug 6Aug 6
Cindy Waszak GearyPick your poison * Cindy W. GearyIt’s probably a little late in the summer for this, but I need to make a public service announcement about poison ivy. This usually bright…Jul 18Jul 18
Cindy Waszak GearyIllumination * Cindy W. GearyLong after the late solstice sunset, tiny flashes of light appear against the black sky, one or two at a time, in no discernable rhythm…Jul 3Jul 3
Cindy Waszak GearyAmong the trees * Cindy W. GearySometimes, a thing like this happens. I think of something I want to say, to write about. And I think about it a long time, going down many…Jun 20Jun 20
Cindy Waszak GearyWho are the savages? Parallel histories of Indigenous genocide * Cindy Waszak GearySo clear to me is the historical parallel between Israeli settler colonization of Palestinian land and European and then American settler…Apr 271Apr 271
Cindy Waszak GearyFamily stories * Cindy W. GearyTwo recently published books both describe surprising revelations about the authors’ families’ settler colonial pasts. In spite of their…Jan 29Jan 29
Cindy Waszak GearyA letter to my Congressional representatives * Cindy W. GearyAt the end of last week’s blog post on The Farm Bill and racial equity, I said I would post the letter I wrote to my Congressional…Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Cindy Waszak GearyLand Justice and the 2023 Farm Bill * Cindy W. GearyMore land is what Martice Scales, a Black farmer living in Wisconsin, needs in order to make his farm a sustainable source of income. To…Oct 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023
Cindy Waszak GearyJust Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine-A review * Cindy W. GearyClaudia Rankine searches for conversations about white people’s complicated understanding of white privilege in Just UsMar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022
