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Kollibri terre Sonnenblume
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume

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Age of Awareness

·Aug 3

Nature as Process, Not Just Place

Unceasing change, at the macro & the micro, with no end goal — Here in our techno-industrialized culture, we often think of “nature” as a place. Those who live in urban and suburban settings tend to think of this place as somewhere else. …

Ecology

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Nature as Process, Not Just Place
Nature as Process, Not Just Place
Ecology

7 min read


Jun 21

Summer Solstice musings

The inevitability of change & the superficiality of belief — Here in the northern hemisphere we are in the midst of the longest days and shortest nights of year. The farther north you live, the more pronounced the effect. I once took a night train through Norway at this time of year and it never got fully dark. In the…

Culture Change

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Summer Solstice musings
Summer Solstice musings
Culture Change

6 min read


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Age of Awareness

·Mar 8

Why I Just Quit Social Media

It’s about reclaiming my own mind & imagination — This morning I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts. It wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. …

Social Media

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Why I Just Quit Social Media
Why I Just Quit Social Media
Social Media

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Age of Awareness

·Mar 6

Invasion Biology & Invasion Ideology

A theory and a dogma, at odds & overlapping — (The following is a draft of the Introduction for the book-in-progress that Nikki Hill & I are working on, tentatively entitled, “Stop Blaming the Messengers: A critical look at ‘invasive plant’ theory and dogma.”) The two of us are plant lovers. We love all plants, wild and domestic, ancient and…

Ecology

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Invasion Biology & Invasion Ideology
Invasion Biology & Invasion Ideology
Ecology

4 min read


Feb 3

Why I will no longer write for Counterpunch

Their recent attack on peace activists is beyond the pale — [Note: Over the last few years, Counterpunch has published over 100 of my articles, but they did not run this one. As I announce at the end, I will no longer be contributing my work to Counterpunch.] As a lifelong unreconstructed pacifist, I don’t take kindly to people bashing peace…

Media Criticism

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Why I will no longer write for Counterpunch
Why I will no longer write for Counterpunch
Media Criticism

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THOUGHTS

·Jan 4

Climate, Covid & Wishful Thinking

Two sides, same coin — The challenges presented by climate chaos and the Covid-19 pandemic have both elicited cultural responses that superficially appear to be opposed to one another, but that end up working hand-in-hand to bolster a status quo that’s intrinsically harmful to everyone. Both succeed by appealing to wishful thinking. In the case…

Climate Change

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Climate, Covid & Wishful Thinking
Climate, Covid & Wishful Thinking
Climate Change

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Jan 1

My Top 10 favorite songs from 2022

Some of what I liked while exploring the question, “Does music nowadays suck?” — A year ago, in January 2022, I ran across an article listing the top 25 songs of 2021 according to Billboard magazine. Now, I’d stopped actively following the national music scene and the Billboard Hot 100 back in the ’90s when I was living in Boston because the local music…

Music

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My Top 10 favorite songs from 2022
My Top 10 favorite songs from 2022
Music

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THOUGHTS

·Dec 20, 2022

The Tragic but Teachable Moment of China’s Relaxed COVID Policy

We must set aside political & personal zealotry and learn from the terrible events unfolding — China recently relaxed its COVID policy and the virus is now running rampant. Though exact numbers are not available, we are hearing about overburdened hospitals, emptied pharmacy shelves, and corpses backing up at crematoria. …

Covid-19

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The Tragic but Teachable Moment of China’s Relaxed COVID Policy
The Tragic but Teachable Moment of China’s Relaxed COVID Policy
Covid-19

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Age of Awareness

·Dec 7, 2022

No Such Thing as a “Bad” Plant

Our subjectivity serves a purpose, but is not the final word — There’s no such thing as a “bad” plant. There are only particular plants in particular places at particular times that particular people have called “bad” for particular reasons. That’s a lot of “particulars.” …

Ecology

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No Such Thing as a “Bad” Plant
No Such Thing as a “Bad” Plant
Ecology

2 min read


Sep 29, 2022

Reasserting pedestrian rights in Portland

The influx of out-of-staters is making the streets more dangerous — I gotta say, crossing the street as a pedestrian in Portland is much more of a challenge than it used to be! …

Pedestrians

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Reasserting pedestrian rights in Portland
Reasserting pedestrian rights in Portland
Pedestrians

3 min read

Kollibri terre Sonnenblume

Kollibri terre Sonnenblume

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Writer, photographer, tree-hugger, animal-lover, dissident.

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