Journalist/Educator Ends up Putting Roots Down in one of the Mossy Parts of Oregon It is hoped that the coming generation will recognize that that is probably one of the greatest and most ennobling challenges that face man on this planet today. To be able to break through to understand the thinking, the feeling, the …
….It Buys the Age of Destruction There is no longer anything sentimental about trying to save a tree or protect an old swimming hole.— Tom McCall, Earth Day, 1970 It always looks like skin cancer, that 10,000-foot view looking down on Earth. Looking down at Phoenix, or Cairo, or LA, the cancer grows and spreads. This …
waves move mountains water so “soft” yet over eons like titanium drill as continents fall tides mean more than a romance with Pacific or Caribbean motherhood, trapped sea child swimming inside reef of progenitor, she lifts two gravities, holds two emotional lines tethering child to her cave, body solid twin lives soon separated, cleaved from …
while people argue about which terms to use — ‘climate change’ or ‘climate chaos’ or ‘climate unpredictability’ (it’s global warming, man) — communities have no way to tackle all that broken infrastructure No Water. No Life. No Blue. No Green. – Sylvia Earle In the tradition of many of my posts, I end up looking …
words fail even upon the death of Arthur Condie, RIP 2019 missing life over a scotch kilts and bagpipes just part of a show, he danced for eight decades-plus, lad who swam Odysseus’ sea, headwinds of Highland dew with mates on the peloton, rubbed hard living young the life of Scottish men dreaming of Route …
Below a short piece I wrote for the Newport (OR) News Times. Sort of like shadow boxing, writing traditional news pieces to at least prop up some of the deep deep issues tied to broken Capitalism. Note that capitalism as a system of broken dreams and powerful ecosystems destruction would never be allowed in the …
celebrating a life well connected through the process of death, mourning, memorializing It was impressive, the number of people this 66 year old fellow touched: a father figure, a friend, a guide, a mentor, a guidepost, a brother, and a giver. The service was held in Portland Sat. 4/27 and hundreds showed up at the …
Oregon State University’s Hatfield scientist who is an expert in stripping flesh and muscle into beautiful skeletons speaks to local group of whale naturalists Note: A very short piece coming from me today? WTF? Yah! I write about this fellow because he has been a part of curriculum development and delivering education — hands on …
another earth day yet no rolling strikes, no massive shut downs, just speakers and cheese and crackers, man To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There’s no way around it. We can talk all we want about sustainability, but there’s a sense in which it doesn’t matter …
For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities. — The Culture of Make Believe, Derrick Jensen Part One — I am scrambling to get this first part of the Earth Day two-part article …
