FAST CAR is a Song About Caregiving
Driving home in a snowstorm today, the song Fast Car came on the radio. I can sing every word because I've loved it since Tracy Chapman first released it in…
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FAST CAR is a Song About Caregiving
Driving home in a snowstorm today, the song Fast Car came on the radio. I can sing every word because I've loved it since Tracy Chapman first released it in…
What The World Needs Most
Great discussion, as always, and a great song. (See the link below, to a podcast interview by one of my top three sources.) Now, maybe a song about sisu, the…
A Time for Political Optimism at Last
After many dreary months of the relentless, pounding negativity, insults, accusations, lies, deflections, racism, and rage-farming of a convicted felon, tax cheat, and serial liar Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, we…
Renaissance, Resistance & Revolution
In terms of social movements, the Left is dead, for the time being, at least in the formerly industrialized, formerly “leading”, “developed”, First World nations of the (North-) West. The…
Cultivating Mindfulness While The Climate Emergency Clock is Ticking
This past June I had the good fortune to spend five days on a family kayaking trip in Pacific Rim National Park, off the west coast of Vancouver Island. It…
I Have A Dream
I Have A Dream: surely, and unquestionably, that great speech by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is one of the most important, and most beautiful, uplifting, empowering, ennobling,…
On Cynicism
John Lennon was a millionaire, though he talked about having no possessions; Thomas Jefferson had slaves; and Martin Luther King Jr. was a philanderer, true enough, but I think it…
Easter in Alberta
Whether you observe Easter, Passover, or the rising of the first full moon after the spring equinox, this is the time of year when we emerge from the gloom of…
Boethius, Stoicism and The Consolation of Philosophy
While I would recommend Boethius, and the Consolation of Philosophy, to all, I would not recommend Stoicism to anyone, for two reasons: 1. It encourages a banishment of feeling and…
Cynicism & Hope
I firmly believe in the fundamental importance of freedom of speech. Without it, freedom dies, and democracy is impossible. I don’t believe in censorship, because censorship always leads to tyranny.…
THE MILLSTONE OF HAPPINESS
Yesterday, I was driving to visit Nicholas, listening to the radio as I always do in the car. On air was an episode of Krista Tippet’s podcast ON BEING. Krista…
Faith, Hope & Love, During Difficult Times
Now is a time for faith. Or if you prefer, and perhaps more important yet: for perseverance, for patience, for forbearance, for resolve, for courage, for confidence, for…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew "The Legacy" a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew “The Legacy” a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew "The Legacy" a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
The Religion of Peace
Yesterday, Upon hearing about the bombing in Manchester, I exhibited the usual response. I had to find out more, what happened exactly, how many people were affected and who is…
The Religion of Peace
Yesterday, Upon hearing about the bombing in Manchester, I exhibited the usual response. I had to find out more, what happened exactly, how many people were affected and who is…
Global Overview 2020 – A Brief Synopsis
There are a lot of thoughtful, creative minds working on the problems we face in modern 21st century society – and we have myriads of good examples, prototypes, and functioning,…