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Dear Bananas
I received a letter from myself today, and it made me cry a little. The letter was a written assignment for one of the mindfulness groups I am in. I didn’t really think much about the letter then, but right now it’s resonating like a deep voice beseeching for remembrance. I guess the group sent…
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Daddy Lolo
I knew him as Daddy Lolo. He was my protector. He was my world. When I was a few years old we he would carry me on his back as he wandered about the streets. He would take me into the bars, and all eyes would fall on him. Everyone knew who he was. “Do…
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Up
A year ago, when I fell into this horrible hole, I got myself out through a lot of meditation and distractions. When I realized that nothing had changed since then, I fell back in. Waking up this morning, I am filled with the drive to change my outlook once again. Although I am stuck in an…
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I See
I see a world where dog eats dog And sheep are led over jagged cliffs by shepherds blind I see wilting saints cry evil names God is insane I see the golden rule transfigured Into lie, cheat, kill thy neighbors and covet their bitches I see leads fly at ten o’clock Do you know where…
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The Quote & Then Some
“The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for truth in everything and finds it.” ~Edmund and Jules Goncourt I believe that what modern age and its technology finds is the world’s bane, the reason for the sadness. As we learn more about…
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Plugins
These last few days I have been playing around with various content management systems, making a few sites for friends just to get my feet wet again. It seemed perplexing at first, but once I got over the learning curve I realize how much easier it is with all the new plugins that were not…
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Church of Ewok
I have this ridiculous pipe dream of one day building an ecovillage commune made up of tree houses and hobbit home earth ships, resting somewhere in Northern California, surrounded by majestic redwood trees. I would call it Ewok City, and in the middle of the city would be the Church of Ewok, standing for Enlightened…
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The Case of Janus
Yet again, we are hit with another blow to the working class as the right-wing groups push to destroy public-sector unions. The ruling came in on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, and immediately makes null the fair-share provisions overturning a 1977 case, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, where Detroit public-school teachers opposed paying fees to…
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The Hole
My thoughts and emotions are running into dark places, and I need to remind myself I am not my thoughts, merely an observer. This is difficult when the thoughts never stop. It’s exhausting to be consumed, constantly waking up tired. My brain is a trickster. Back when I went to school, people thought I was…
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Stuck
Today is the middle of the week, and it cannot go fast enough. I really need to get out of this place as it never really feels good when you are undervalued and underpaid. Luckily, work has slowed down because I find myself very unmotivated here. It has become mechanic, and I feel like a…