Usually-more-curmudgeonly Doug Henwood wrote this yesterday: “Some of these left critiques of today’s marches are bumming me out. Yes the overall tone was liberal [NB from SB: he means this critically, and as opposed to socialism, rather than conservativism] and yes an episodic march or two means nothing without long-term organizing. That’s obvious. But the new … More Quick Bonus! Me Huff Post-ing
A while back I made up a word analogous to “philosophy/φιλοσοφία,” (love of wisdom): “philerotisi/Φιλερώτηση “(love of questions). And: sure. I stand by that word. “Live the questions!” smart spiritual people say, because Rilke said it and because it’s wise. Lately though I’ve noticed that I have so many questions, like just way more I can “live” … More Quit Assking
The title doesn’t feel right anymore. One thing I have noticed about grief is that some things just don’t feel right anymore; sometimes it’s because they seem too normal, and how can anything be normal, and sometimes it seems like they just no longer fit or apply or are needed now. I experience this as a … More Something About Grace and This Ass
Dear friends, It’s been a while. This is going to be sad and tell you things about me that you won’t be able to un-know, so if that’s not what you need at this moment, come on back later, or never, as you see fit. (Here’s your chance to go eat a sandwich instead. That … More
To start: if you haven’t looked into #ReclaimMLK, I urge you to do so. There, (and here, at the Movement for Black Lives action site), you’ll find ways to counter the “Santa-Clausified” narrative (per Cornel West) of King that overlooks or denies his radicalism, his critiques of capitalism, his disappointment with white moderates, and his refusal … More Genius and Theft
First: Huey Lewis. And, you’re welcome. That’s my my-birthday present to you! For it is indeed my birthday. Even better, it’s my 36th birthday, which is a perfect square, which got me thinking about those as interesting markers of time in a life: ages 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, and 100. … More Hip to Be Perfectly Square
Recently I have been places* where one word rings out above and through all others: organize. One beautiful way it rings out is literally, when people sing it: here is an example, from a community sing led by April Cadell at the Highlander Center for Research and Education, in New Market, Tennessee. The parts you’ll hear, in … More That With Which One Works
Oh heavens, y’all, I have not felt like I had it in me to write for a bit, but like those other things that “if you think you don’t have time for ___, you EXTRA need to do it, probably to save yourself from yourself” (i.e. exercise, meditation), writing on here is something I can … More Omnipatent Cells
When I’m talking with people I love and who love me, there’s usually an undercurrent–sometimes deep under, sometimes right at the conversational surface–of the question “How should we live?” We report to each other our latest thoughts on possible answers, or how things have worked out as we acted according to some hypothesis or another, or … More Hanging, Together
A month or so ago, I picked up “Switch,” by the Heaths. This seemed like a book I should read, because the year before I was hired everyone I work with read it, and we all talk about riders and elephants all the time. Also, it was very highly recommended by a person outside of work whose … More Best Practice Makes Best Perfect.
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