Facing Stark Reality with a Cold, Sharp Eye
The day after the election was a day of mourning for me and so many. I wanted to curl up …
Tag Archives: Politics
Truth & Love Win Again! My Hope & Mantra
“Truth and Love wins” was my mantra before the 2020 presidential election. When I woke the next morning after Biden …
Traveling Below the Border: Costa Rica, Ecotourism, and Politics
I’ll be traveling to Costa Rica tomorrow to spend two weeks exploring one of the most beautiful and biodiverse countries …
Happy Earth Day! May She Live Forever.
The spark for the first Earth Day was the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. A marine biologist and …
A Young Poet and Rapper Throw Light on the State of Our Union
“A Return to Joy!” That’s what I was going to blog about today after watching the horror of the January …
“The Fierce Urgency of Now”: Dismantling the Big Lie, Bridging the Big Divides
Like so many Americans, I’ve been struggling these past twelve days to wrap my mind around what happened on January …
Joy Amid the Turmoil: A 2020 Recap
The year 2020 may have been the most turbulent year any of us have ever known. Blogging in such a …
The United States of Trump: A Fantasy
Forgive me for fantasizing. With so many Trump followers now calling for succession after their loss in the Supreme Court, …
The Gift of Consession
“Donald Trump is going to be our president. We must accept this result and then look to the future. We …
Truth and Love Wins, and I Can Breathe Again!
I feel like I’ve been ship-wrecked at sea for the past four years and finally have reached the shore. I …
