I came across this jazz musician and this album yesterday, listening to our local Jazz radio station, KCSM, in the San Francisco Bay Area. In lead up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, they were playing various artists with particular undertones and themes around Civil Rights, Equality, etc. The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of …
Category: social change
Discovering Paulina
I’d seen her in Sports Illustrated editions during her hay-day, knew she was from the Czech Republic originally, but never knew anything about her really, never heard her interviewed. What a clear and strong voice she has! She turned plenty of heads as a supermodel, but I think her words and perspective can have a …
Is It Normal?
As the new year gets under way I recall a couple days back, standing in my garage, listening to the rain subside, looking out through the door to the darkness in the backyard. There I was, shapeshifter, projecting forward, writing about the past. My own little take on shape-shifting, maybe more seer forward, looking back. …
Write Way
A reoccurring theme this year, over several years, really the whole of my life, or most of it. As we close out the year, reflecting back, the last couple, ‘20, ‘21, quite a doozy they’ve been. Just now? Sitting in darkened room, morning light sneaking through still-drawn curtains, rocking chair in the corner, listening to …
Take It
Take the moment when you can, whenever offered, sneak a little in. What’s that, you say? A little time for yourself, a little time for an errand, for that article you’ve been meaning to read, that piece you’ve been meaning to write. Just a little time, a pause, sometimes all you need, Unplanned, the chance, …
God Bless Tutu
A great human left our ranks today, the Right Reverend Desmond Tutu, of South Africa. Anglican priest, theologian, teacher, activist. He saw many things during his life time; he did great work; he inspired many. MANY. He collaborated, he furthered his own spirit and effect by working with others for good. For joy. For others. …
The Grandeur of Littleness
Snippets for a while from Francis’ Christmas Eve Homily, 2021, This to begin, “Today, all is turned upside down: God comes into the world in littleness. His grandeur appears in littleness.” So simple, so profound. Reset your mind, your soul to this truth. Seek, Embrace, Love the littleness you encounter, you live, God is in …
He Entered The Chaos
Christmas means a lot of things to a lot of different people. There’s the mostly secular perspective, well-meaning, general good will toward all and peace to all, some (or a lot) of gift-giving, There’s the solstice dynamic, as nature begins its march through darkness to the light and warmth of spring, many many folks celebrate …
Funny Thing
It’s a funny thing, my attitude into the day, the week, When I first wake, it often comes crashing down…the list is long, things rush into my mind, My kids, my divorce, a few nagging work issues, the state of my community, the state, the country, the many conflict areas of the world, No shit, …
What I Do
This blog, and writing in general, it’s what I do. I mean, I’ve got a day job too, working stiff, what I’d call “business operations” just now, it’s a good gig, fine folks, lots of upside, lots of learning, a higher purpose, I drank the Kool-Aid for sure…”the promise of better health, diseases cured, through …
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