These simple words from Francis seem to sum things up pretty well, to me. During these especially crazy times with so many variables in play, I find myself drawn to these simple ideas: interconnectedness, solidarity, mutual support and empathy, compromise for the common good. Pandemic, social unrest, political turmoil, economic uncertainty...one by one we’ll handle …
Category: politics
Hello, September
We interrupt the normally scheduled stream of consciousness for a little learning opportunity. This month begun, September. It used to be the seventh month of a ten-month year on the Roman calendar. The root word actually means “seven”. Back then the year began with March. And then 2,400 years ago, it got bumped forward to …
The Next Right Thing
Pretty frickin’ powerful lyric for a cartoon “kids” movie. Learning the lessons young, amen to that. "The Next Right Thing" (from "Frozen 2" soundtrack) I've seen dark before But not like this This is cold This is empty This is numb The life I knew is over The lights are out Hello, darkness I'm ready …
These Words
These words we say, these words we sing, these words we share, They seek to explain the thoughts we have, the feelings inside, the struggles and pain, the hopes and the love, These words, they make us different perhaps, from every other animal on the face of the earth. When we are unsure, when we …
Lyrics Post: “Winds of Change” – Scorpions
Thirty years ago this song came out. It spoke to the times, spoke of change, spoke of one person's experience, mirroring the feelings of many. Including me. I was deep in that time of change. I had walked the same paths. Wondering. Longing. Wanting. Thirty years later, the song still captures that time, that hope, …
The Only Thing To Do…
The only thing to do is keep going. It’s a new week, keep going. It’s a new day, keep going. Your relationships are a little funky; maybe a lot funky. Keep going. You’ve made the same errors more times than you’d like, maybe more thank you can count, keep going. It’s hard, keep going. You’re …
Let Love Stand
That’s it, I think. That’s the blog post for today. It’s love like a tweet. Blog like a tweet: LET LOVE STAND.
No One Is Above The Law
Last week an important ruling for Americans from the US Supreme Court. The ruling reenforces a tenet of modern human governance: striving to create a system where all people, ALL PEOPLE, are treated the same before the laws that govern the land. The article that outlines the ruling follows, if you're interested. apple.news/AqDLlZx-LQSu0zDMmMOyOhQ
Scenes From “Stay-cation” 2020
Doing, Playing, Reading, Playing, More Doing, Being Clearing the yard, phase 1. Good read at the DMV, and anywhere really. Building and creativity. Old-school dinosaur chasing person upstairs. Coffee take-out. America. Ride in pick-up.
I’ll Take It
As it comes, I’ll take it. Easy conversation, I’ll take it. Blue sky, cool breeze, I’ll take it. Light sheen of sweat blankets me, I’ll take. Smoke wafting from the barbecue, I’ll take it. A billion emails expected on Monday morning, I’ll take it. Kids quietly watching TV, I’ll take it. Detente, I’ll take it. …
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