Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Jun 30Member-onlyYou Are The South In 1860The vicious, irrational, atavistic and violent reactionary swing toward states’ rights, which is presently destroying the integrity of the Constitution and ruining the lives of millions of people, especially women, is far from over. Apparently women will have to hide their contraception pills in their guns to escape detection. Ectopic…3 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Oct 26, 2021Member-onlyDuty and Shame=>What I Saw At The Ball GameI love baseball. It is THE American game. It’s pre-digital; it moves at a human pace. You don’t labor to give concussions to the opposing players or need an astronaut’s sized helmet to survive a play. You don’t have to be 280 pounds. …5 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Oct 8, 2021Member-onlyTerminal Imbecility: Would that be thee?I can’t take it anymore…hehe, sorry, but it’s the saddest cliche with which I want to start this essay. Sometimes cliches actually hit the mark. …5 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Sep 26, 2021Member-onlyAs Mr. Spock might say, “Fascinating.” Yep. Fascism is here…and not going anywhere…“The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities.” In a discussion with a zombie who told me that…5 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Sep 7, 2021Member-onlyMoral Equilibrium: Has there really been any “moral advancement” in the species?There are various logical fallacies by which we seem to abide, despite their destructive natures and the pain and ruin they have and will continue to bring us. My favorite is that might makes right. …6 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Updated Aug 17, 2021Member-onlyHow Big Is Your Campsite?Perhaps the whole world… Years ago, we were camped on the edge of a lovely, small Pennsylvania lake; we had built a sweat lodge, dinner was cooking slowly on the campfire, and the sun was setting gently in the clement August dusk. A friend of ours rolled in on his…3 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Feb 20, 2021Member-onlyNIGHT SIT OR DAY SIT?NIGHT SIT OR DAY SIT? Your choice if you want to experience nature… A few winters ago, I wanted to take a little hike through a snowy forest near me. At the very edge of the forest entrance, a chickadee landed on a branch just near my shoulder and gave…5 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·Feb 15, 2021Member-onlyWhat Do You Really See?Be honest with yourself. Do you truly see the oncoming climate catastrophe? — There is an iconic scene in Monty Python’s classic film Monty Python And The Holy Grail, wherein two imbecilic guards at the gate, casually munching on apples, spy a charging Sir Lancelot. Confused and lethargic, they procrastinate, allowing Sir Lancelot to violently breach the castle entrance. In the case of…Psychology5 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Feb 5, 2021Member-onlyAre You “Informed” By the Land?Does your body look like your environment? In anthropology there have been many studies related to the adaptation of the human species to the ecosystem within which they live. As an example, the Inuit of the Northern Barren Lands of Canada were low and squat, and reportedly had (have?) the…5 min read
Published in CULTURES, CLIMATES AND CONSCIOUSNESS·Jan 30, 2021Member-onlyDo We Experience Geological Time?How fast are the trees moving? Native Americans are fond of an esoteric term, “rez humor”, i.e., reservation humor, a comedic tradition which often evokes sentiments, insights and even philosophic observations that are lost on the outside world, in particular, those who live strictly within a Euro-American or petro-chemical matrix. …4 min read