Monthly Archives: June 2016

Yesterday evening, just after I had started to heat up my dinner, I saw the message from son Colin (of the Garden Tower Project) that the “Peggy shoot” was going to happen between 6 and 7 p.m. What? There’s been … Continue reading →

Amen! Gardening More Meaningful than Voting in a Rigged Political System On the other hand, for me this fundamental switch in priorities, from top-down to bottom-up, does not mean that I ignore the political system. Rather, I participate, when I … Continue reading →

I’ve just read part way through one of the beautiful posts that you see these days, this one by a woman, Deb Ozarko, who strives at length to detail and express what she calls her Gaia Grief. Letting Go And yes, … Continue reading →

For decades now, I have been working to integrate and balance the various and diverse aspects of my own internal zoo that, if left alone, tend to compete, rather than cooperate. Long ago I discovered that what is is required is that the larger … Continue reading →

This morning after my usual 3-mile walk with puppy Shadow, I watered the beds I’m in charge of, including the great mound out in front of this house, which I have been planting with various flowers. And, lo and behold, … Continue reading →

When old friends Dick and Judy were here for their whirlwind visit, of course, we couldn’t help but bring up the election circus. Dick said that he couldn’t even vote in the California primary, because he had been sent a … Continue reading →

All day yesterday, I noticed that my awareness had been infected by deep gunk from the past. One after another, old sludgy dramas trudging into view, like a dirty, viscous —vicious! — oily sludge that magnetized present situations and sucked them in … Continue reading →

Here’s an excerpt from a longer interview from which I gleaned the title to the post.