Riots

1. In our society of commodity abundance, we have grown accustomed to its logic. Not merely through ideology, but also through our human instinct to justify that which needs not justification — in short, our acceptance of the familiar. …

What Will It Take? The ongoing January 6 commission investigating the crimes committed by Donald tRump and his band of seditionists is revealing evidence that is difficult to process, let alone, comprehend. I lived through the scandal of Watergate and its eventual outcome was the resignation from the office of…

When arriving home at a reasonable hour, I’d be greeted by none other than Anna. Ever smiling ever giggling happy to see me, Anna. I knew then all would be fine. Or so I thought. On a more eventful weekend, I was to come fist to face with an element…

I am, with few exceptions, a pacifist. Don’t hurt defenseless things, that lack the understanding of why it is you are attacking them. Fight fair. My preference, no fighting but that’s just not going to happen. As a species, we have a design flaw, well more than one, which seems…

*Written several days ago, but had no internet until today. I’ve had the great benefit of spending the last few Fourths of July high in the mountains in our summer place — here with the birds and the running brooks and the stillness between the sounds. It’s a great place…

Letting my pen follow my heart as the words pour out, dance on the paper, and find a place to rest — Pride Isn’t an Event… Pride for me was never an event I wanted to participate in. Even when, I discovered my true gender identity and sexuality, I still felt pride was a march; a demonstration where we demand equality, in life, in marriage, in society, and not what it becomes when a few groups…

I’m not going to say hello because I’ve already said it three times today, and you already know how my day went and what I did. Yes, I woke up late due to all of the traveling and exhaustion from the weekend, and then I wrote three blogs with a…