who would you really like to get to know?
You. I'd like to get to know you, the creature sitting on the other side of the screen reading these words that were drummed out in haste by some obviously-earlier version of me. I'd like... More »
You. I'd like to get to know you, the creature sitting on the other side of the screen reading these words that were drummed out in haste by some obviously-earlier version of me. I'd like... More »
Goodness. It's been ages. I always feel so self-conscious updating here after a long period of silence; I feel oddly obliged to provide an excuse or overview of what I've been doing since the 11th... More »
Last night, I accepted Mark 's invitation to one of the Gaia Gatherings for Conversation Week 2008 . We ended up with a group of tentative others, circled in a meeting room at one of... More »
This is fascinating. I'd known a little about the research, but had never thought about it that closely. This changes the way I look at every current crisis on our planet. "A landmark UCLA study... More »
Brian told me, last night, that he'd finally been to see Babel. I watched it when it first came out, but didn't mention that here. Perhaps I should. I enjoyed the movie. The issues it... More »
A new friend just alerted me to this excellent and brilliantly provocative piece . Here's an excerpt from the second part. We do not have to live our lives as servants to Mammon. It begins,... More »
So. Here's something. I've been engaged in an ongoing discussion in another online community that involves this weekend's Sunday Times article on philanthropy . (It's a fabulous piece; if you haven't already had a look,... More »
Group work always gets me, at some deep, powerful, animal level. It's strange. I think in some ways feeling so connected makes the contrast of day-to-day disconnect so apparent. It's not even connection to other... More »
I am savoring, piece by piece, a beautiful book . "When I was growing up, my mother almost always knew which farms the meat, the potatoes, and the corn on our table were raised on.... More »