There is a problem in the world. One problem. We are killing ourselves. We have an inter-connected world in which tiny, myopic, and dysfunctional communities are chafing from rubbing up against communities with opposing and equally dysfunctional bases. Once the world was a big enough place that opposing ideologies simply widened the geographic distance between themselves and […]
Another January 8th & Nothing Much Has Changed
Four years ago, mid-morning on January 8th, life in Tucson changed. We had actually been one of those towns before, but for whatever reasons, the label did not stick. October 29, 2002 was when a mass shooting, and mass murder, took place at the University of Arizona. But the attempted assassination of a Congressman and […]
7 Things To Stop Giving A Darn About In 2015
Ok, the word, darn, in the title really means sh*t, and we all know it. But the expression is so quaint and rooted in women’s culture; I just have to use it. I stole the idea for this article from the Huff Po, I did not read their article because that corporation does not […]
John Waters and the End of Christmas
I cannot stand the crass commercialization of Christmas, or the Solstice for that matter. I put up my Christmas lights on December 24th and take them down on January 6th. Christmas Eve through Epiphany is my Christmas Season. The twelve days of Christmas and all that… Christmastide. I’m not overly religious, but I do appreciate […]
25 Years With My Daughter Thus Far
This will not be a huge post, not intended to change other people’s lives, nor for getting page views, or for furthering other bloggy-world accomplishments, but it is about my biggest, best, most wonderful accomplishment in this world: My daughter Phoebe. She is pictured below with her fiancé, Adam. I love her more than life itself. […]
Resolutions You Can Live With
Last January I wrote a post about the “word” meme that swept across social media posts. My word was infrastructure. I succeeded in imposing some order upon my life. But at the same time I became reacquainted the impermanence of everything. Life’s genie is a trickster and reminds us that all is perspective. Framing 2014 served to reinforce my understanding […]