I’ve been trying to write a post about how climate change is only a symptom of a larger problem for about three weeks now. I write something, let it sit, add more, revise, run out of time, let it sit, revise and add, cut, run out of time, let it sit, revise some more. It’s …
Category: Climate Emergency
Evolution Progress Report
My last update on my 2021 “evolutions” was was in April, so it’s time for another update. My 2021 evolutions came about in January when I decided that Evolutions were better than Resolutions because resolutions imply product, imply ending, and evolutions are an ongoing process that recognizes setbacks and changes. My plan was both broad …
Attention and Climate Change
First, I have to say thank you to everyone for all of your insightful and thought-provoking comments on the topic of attention. They have been grist for the mill, or like that extra cup of coffee I allow myself sometimes that sends me into overdrive and sets my mind whirling. I ended my last post …
New Normal Average
I hope everyone who celebrates Easter and Passover had a wonderful holiday season. I did some celebrating yesterday myself because it was my birthday. James performed his usual kitchen magic and made me a carrot cake and coffee n’ice cream. So. Very. Yummy. I did something yesterday I have never done before on my birthday …
Make it Local
One of the things that has become obvious in this pandemic time is that when it comes to the neoliberal globalization project, we have been sold a bill of goods. A deregulated extractive capitalist economy run by a few enormously rich corporations in the name of cheap goods, efficiency, and just-in-time delivery has failed so …
