Startrek, Strange New Worlds… what’s for Sunday eve…
And then I read. :: Essays On Attention Paid
Connecting gun violence in America with the violence of capitalism I wind up asking myself, of what use will gun control legislation of any kind be in a society so dedicated to violence? Can it be anything more than bandaids?
Today I cleaned my bathroom with warm water, vinegar and dish detergent. A revelation!
Outside the public library…
Back from yoga. I love yoga. Yoga is life!
This mock potato salad is made with cauliflower and is remarkably satisfying as a substitute for potato salad. Excellent if you are trying to lower your carbs. Excellent as a way to change thing’s up.
This event was supposed to happen three years ago… I found the short story I wrote, dusted it off, and I am ready to go. Can’t wait.
Working on upping my poached egg game…
I am 70% sea urchin?
our genes are 99 percent the same as those of chimpanzees and bonobos (and are 70 percent the same as those of sea urchins).
Karl Berger (1935-2023)
Last Sunday, we lost a true titan of the Hudson Valley—and planetary—music community: influential jazz composer, musician, and educator Karl Berger. Born in Germany in 1935, Berger and his wife, vocalist and educator Ingrid Sertso, immigrated to the US in the 1960s.…
I had the privilege of seeing and hearing Karl and his wife Ingrid perform live a couple of times. A great loss.
Nothing, not one thing, hurts us more — or causes us to hurt others more — than our certainties.
How to Love the World More: George Saunders on the Courage of Uncertainty
What does consumption look like when it is rooted in wonder and sacredness, in reverence and love?
–Jeff Golden, Reclaiming the Sacred
… this belief that hard work, skill, and intelligence are the main ingredients in success is wrong. Super-duper totally wrong. It turns out that hard work and skill have virtually nothing to do with a person’s financial standing.
–Jeff Golden, Reclaiming the Sacred
American society is built on an aggressive capitalism, which is as violent a way to engage peoples and the planet as there is. Violence is an intimate part of who we are. We can pass gun safety laws but they will be bandaids at best. A massive change in the culture is needed.
My first print out of 14 Days by the Sea, an accordion book I am getting ready for a show this summer. 100.5 inches when not folded. Three copies.
Red flag warning?…
Morrocan Lamb and Chickpea Stee
This is pretty easy and pretty flavorful.
By age two the average American starts to develop brand loyalties, and by age three we can recognize more than a hundred corporate logos, a number that grows to a thousand by the time we’re adults.
—Jeff Golden, Reclaiming the Sacred
The Ancient Origins of the Easter Bunny | History| Smithsonian Magazine
Happy chocolate bunny day!
Talk about unexpected juxtapositions, a big, burly, grey bearded man was in yoga class this morning. When I walked out to the parking lot there he was climbing on to a Harley. It would never have occurred to me that biker dudes and yoga went together.
From yesterday…
The overreach is painful in the moment but I am exuberant about it because it will be the downfall of the radical right. May the left be wiser in their deployment of power.
Quite a show going on at the Tennessee legislature. One Dem expelled. Likely the other two will be. Huge protest.
From yesterday…
