Say it again. Today I woke up thinking about war. Again. And I wondered if I had any other thoughts left. Reaching for beauty when the world offers nothing but ugliness. War. What is it good for? Like the song – absolutely nothing, say it again. It’s good for erasing all the thoughts in my…… Continue reading What Is It Good For
Category: political thought
Silent Bunny
In the woods, hoping the earth will be saved How to begin. Always a question, now made more difficult by everything that has happened. So many words written about so many awful actions, people, events, kidnappings, murders. A list of unthinkable acts, and listing them is the banality of evil at its best. Or the…… Continue reading Silent Bunny
I Can
How far in the future do we need to be to look back I wasn’t going to write about protesting anymore but… Then someone told me that my diary of sorts, my record of protesting in late winter and spring meant something to them. I don’t know whether to believe it or not. But it…… Continue reading I Can
Protesting, Week 14 – or Silence in a Gun Culture
Be quiet. A preamble to protesting. I wanted to write something that expressed my mood, before I took myself off to the local No Kings protest. But I only glanced at some blogs, avoided main news. Perhaps I should have looked harder. But at the time, there seemed no reason for immediate alarm, and I…… Continue reading Protesting, Week 14 – or Silence in a Gun Culture
It
Exhaustion, anger, depression – and getting up again It. Must stop saying it. Standing in for all the things I think and want to say. My brain whirling too fast to describe what it is. Perhaps it – or my sense of time moving too fast, or the endless sorting and pattern matching of observation…… Continue reading It
Protesting, Week 12 – Bullies Thrive On Fear
Our nervous systems are under attack as well Why is it so hard to actually stand up for yourself? The protest went well. There are more cars honking and waving in support, which is encouraging. There are still many, many cars who do nothing, or look on bemusedly. Can you imagine if they don’t know…… Continue reading Protesting, Week 12 – Bullies Thrive On Fear
Protesting, Week 11 – or the Delusions of Thinking You Know Where You Are
Protesting, Week 11 – or the Delusions of Thinking You Know Where You Are Another week. The Saturday protest always seems to close out the prior week, but I’m writing this today, on Monday, a holiday, Memorial Day. Am I wrong, or does it seem that there are more exhortations to remember wars and soldiers,…… Continue reading Protesting, Week 11 – or the Delusions of Thinking You Know Where You Are
Protesting – Week 10
It’s a beautiful day… A beautiful day, with only strong spring breezes delivering pollen from the trees. Their leaves have grown, so that there is shade where before harsh winter light ruled, and bright green leaves whose nearly full bloom are like young people, about to dive into adulthood. Leaves who have almost reached their…… Continue reading Protesting – Week 10
Protesting, Week Five
Adrift on stormy seas Where is home? It is nowhere and everywhere. It is in the bombed buildings of Sumy in Ukraine. You think – what a beautiful street. Now filled with people fighting to save lives. Broken trees. Blasted walls. A hand sticks out from under a coverlet, to protect the modesty of the…… Continue reading Protesting, Week Five
Protesting, Week Four
Fighting back against abuse I just saw a video posted of someone giving a talk to young people. They asked if anyone who knew of someone, including themselves, who had been the victim of sexual abuse could stand. Most of the auditorium stood. Then they asked if those who knew the crime had been reported…… Continue reading Protesting, Week Four
