Listen through the ears of the powerless.

Here and there, I’ve noted commentary criticizing the presence of children at politically-oriented protests, rallies, marches, demonstrations, and so forth.   The complaint seems to be that the children are being used as “props” and ought not be anywhere in the vicinity of….   I’m not sure?   Discussions of consequence?  Movements toward justice?  …

The concept of unity requires active hands to form the reality.

The sense of unreality continues unabated, each time I tune in to current events on the world stage and within the political sphere.  It seems many of us are waiting for the bad and mad to drift aside, and reveal days whose contents are not sullied by worry and scandal and outrage and despair. And…

When minimal effort can serve far-reaching needs, it is essential to progress from “I probably should” to “of course I did.”

Remember back in 2010, when the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico rightly horrified the world?  Imagine the likelihood for more of the same being compounded exponentially, at a favorite American beach near you! There is less than 24 hours remaining to leave public comment at regulations.gov, regarding “Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:…

Writ

Wholly aware of the irony as I record my thoughts within this highly public yet technically faceless sphere of the internets, I frequently muse upon the dangers of words written from a place of physical remove.  Communications undertook apart from the presence of ears also connotates an absence of psychic frequencies, and from there little…