Category: politics

2020 election

I’m writing an article about beavers and the two worlds have blended. I see beaver democrats building a new structure from underwater. They just kept laying one branch on another and it took shape. They got it above the waterline. Bears can’t break into beaver lodges. Republicans cannot destroy the structure of democracy.  “A boil… Continue reading 2020 election

Social Hermit

I wrote about trees for a while- five articles: pacific yew, gingko, cottonwood, madrone, myrtle wood. It’s hard to write about trees without getting religious. They simply embody holy elements and essence without doing anything. My neighbor’s tree consistently pours out gallons of sweet apples and they do absolutely nothing for it. They always give… Continue reading Social Hermit

Common sense

Nominate yourself to do something. Create a positive position of action, no matter how small, for someone outside of you/yours. One day I nominated myself to be the birdbath tender at the Quaker meetinghouse. I mean, what a great title, for starters. I cannot wait to list this on my resume. To get more involved… Continue reading Common sense

Zoom

Shortly before the era of zoom, I attended a meeting with quakers, and after the meeting started, no one said a word for 30 minutes. It was 20 people together in a room not talking. It felt radically spiritually ancient. Unprogrammed quaker meetings are like improvisational theater for mystics, in body and spirit. The mystics… Continue reading Zoom

How to talk

Today a woman asked me, “how do you feel about (highly-controversial issue)? Are you on (one side) or (the other)?” Pause. Me: “Well, I, gravitate toward (one perspective).” She said, “oh….” then launched into a one-way run-on sentence from “facts” off the internet supporting the other side, hers. After a very long time, I said.… Continue reading How to talk