Don’t think it can happen here? Check out “exceptional” drought in California and the American southwest. As of September 9, 2014: Check out eroding U.S. coastlines and the cities built upon them. Just google these two above items. Discern for yourself what we are in for in coming years. And then turn around […]
Read MoreWhy? Because we refuse to recognize what our country does as willful slaughter. We Americans live in a distracted culture of deep denial. It’s too painful to know what we are doing, too painful to see that — what is it now, 60%? — of our tax money goes to fund WAR, that is, to […]
Read MoreI very much look forward to reading this book, just out today. If it is at all like her Shock Doctrine, it will shock me into even more wakefulness. Or, maybe it will just “change everything,” as she expects, given that she recognizes the ascending climate crisis as the perfectly timed opportunity to fight for […]
Read MoreWhile I was away at the NAPC in Minnesota and then at my Mom’s funeral in Seattle an archetypal tempest started to brew here in our fair city of Bloomington, Indiana. Bloomingfoods, our beloved local food co-op, in continuous operation since 1976, and sporting five different locations around town, is now subject to some employees’ […]
Read MoreAt the family gatherings surrounding our 96-year-old Mom’s recent funeral in Seattle, we sang and told stories about Lady Renee’s life. We did NOT discuss world events. Were we operating in the Psychology of Denial? Or were savoring our small island of sanity in the midst of mayhem. I think the latter. On the other […]
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