Can a Collapse of Global Civilization be Avoided
Written ten years ago, this is an informative, and scary article. It is particularly scary because we have made little progress. Now we have ten less years than when the article was written. I am not feeling overly optimistic. Especially in light of current events. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574335/
Roe v. Wade – Really?
I am trying to understand why I am having such a visceral reaction to a handful of supreme court justices deciding what a woman can or cannot do with her body, thus making way for the reactionary states to infringe on women’s rights to abort a pregnancy. Since women aren’t capable of making choices…
Two Letters to President Biden
Truth be told, I wrote these to vent my frustration with foreign affairs. The first one I actually sent. The reply was very unsatisfying. I needed to send it anyway, so I could tell myself I did something. In case, well, I was going to say in case the worst happens. Of course, in that…
Poems: So Soon and Footprints of the Fallen
So Soon So soon so soon Just yesterday was June, Children and teachers dying, People shopping, people praying People lying on floors, on streets in places Where their bodies, where their blood, Shouldn’t be lying Sometimes only days apart again we’re asking why So soon, barely now July, Again people had gathered to…
Poem The Move
The Move Slowly Watch it disappear,Stuff, remnant memoriesOf all the years,Piece by piece,Emptied of treasuresThought to hold love,Finding that’s not what Love is made of.Still,Letting go is Difficult but true,It’s what the Phoenix Must achingly go through,Crucible of heattime and time again,Never knowing precisely whereOr unexpectedly when,Submitting to the inferno’sIntensity of fire,To shed an old…
March to December – Summary Catch-up – Letting Go
A wise therapist/psychologist/wonderful human told me there are three things we must learn. One is to love fully. Two is to allow ourselves to be loved completely. Three is to let go. Of what? Of everything. It has been such a long time since my last post. Much has happened since March. Many major shifts. …
Two Poems – Symphony of Trees & Before They Go
The Symphony of Trees Wish that I were privy to see Underneath my feet, the symphony of trees I pause, listen, even hold my breath Feeling pulse, rhythm, life stronger even with death A grove, a gathering group like family talk through their roots, A community of speaking leaves, a chattering choir in cahoots Causing…
About Trees – Me, S and Z
Me, S and Z I still love wrapping my arms around S and Z and their extended family They were the first ones who whispered, so softly, I barely heard, “Please, hug me.” I thought I heard, and didn’t mean to be rude or want this one to have ask again or beg, And I…
Visual Pollution – Thoughts in a Parking Lot
Visual Pollution – Thoughts in a Parking Lot Ever wonder, like I do, how did it come about that creature comfort of having electricity and cable in each home took priority over what our surroundings look like? And now that we have allowed this to happen with complete disregard, perhaps total complacency, can we ever…
Up In Smoke
UP IN SMOKE It was a couple of days after Valentine’s day, two weeks after the two-year anniversary. Elise reread a poem in her journal that she wrote a few weeks ago. She remembered that night. It was one of those nights she fell asleep early and woke at one-thirty in the morning, with an…