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June 5 is World Environment Day.  A majority of the population cares about the environment, both here and internationally, but those with power do not, and keep us all in thrall to technologies and methods that make matters progressively worse.  There is not much we can do as individuals or members of smaller communities compared…

The truth is finally leaking out over Israel’s vicious attack in an aid flotilla in international waters.  The unholy alliance of right wing Israelis, right wing Neoconservatives, and right wing ‘Christians’ has freed the Israeli part of the alliance from having to consider the wider context of their actions.   Right wing zealots supported by…

UPDATE: Reich responds. Today I read Theda Skocpol’s reply to Robert Reich’s argument that this is what Obama should do.  I have been one of those increasingly frustrated by Barack Obama’s not taking over operations from BP in the Gulf spill.   I think I may be mistaken.  Skocpol pointed out that it is Obama’s most malignant enemies who have been…

We recently had a discussion of Gerald Gardner’s involvement with Spiritualism, and it’s possible influence on the Craft.  Robert Mathiesen made some very interesting observations about this issue, and not being an expert on Gardner, I contacted some who were.  They in turn contacted Philip Heselton, author of Wiccan Roots and  Gerald Gardner and the…

On Memorial Day I drove down to Marin County to meet with a number of representatives from other religions to discuss what we might be able to do together to promote a more sustainable relationship with the earth.  We were searching for something that would not simply duplicate what others were doing, and might make…

UPDATE- link corrected Check it out. Women’s softball- Marshall vs. Roncalli. Wonderful. . . I promise. ‘Spirituality’ without a good heart is like a stone painted like a peach.  This is spirituality without the trappings.

UPDATE below UPDATE 2  below Over the past several years I have slowly come to the conclusion that corporations should not be allowed, ever, to engage in activities that require ethical relations with the other than human world.  No owning of agricultural land, forests, fishing for salmon, owning of fish farms, off shore drilling, none…

On Memorial Day we remember and honor those men and women who have fought for their country and paid with their lives in doing so.  There are many kinds of patriotism, some worthy, some unworthy, but laying your life on the line in defense of your country, your community, your family and friends, ranks high…

Do the words we use to describe something powerfully influence what it is we actually experience?  Years ago, when I was first studying German, I was amazed to learn their word for the taste of a hot pepper was ‘scharf.’  It made no sense to me.  In other contexts scharf translates into English as sharp,…

Enough of me.  This one’s for you.
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