Let the Beauty We Love Be What We Do
… There are hundreds of ways to kneel & kiss the ground.
We have spoken in a clear voice. Hope is alive.
… And while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair.” —Zohran Mamdani, Mayor Elect of New York City
Through the Looking Glass & Down the Rabbit Hole
I hope you’ll join me in declining the mad hatter’s invitation.
Celebrating the America We Love … for Real!
And in Portland, Oregon … Unicorns, Chickens & Frogs OHMY!!
IMHO ……
Kale and courage in the City of Roses.
Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor
Can We the People Make It True Again?
A Reminder: Protest & Resistance Are Love in Action …
What’s that like for you 24 years after what we thought was our 911 call?
Thoughts & Prayers & BlahBlahBlah …
This week all nine of my great-grandchildren started back to school. None of them were murdered by a deranged fellow human with a gun.
Reading Between the (Head) Lines …
This post marks the start of my fourth year sharing my view of today’s world through the kaleidoscope lens of poetry, music, art, activism, and yes … humor.
Gotta Keep Singing ‘til It’s True ….
In the middle of a week filled with deep and heavy darkness, a friend gifted me with Light.
YES! Democracy Desperately Needs Your Courage & Our Collective Action
… Without it, HOPE is just another four-letter word.
What Will You Be Getting Up & Standing for on Saturday?
What will you be celebrating while Project 2025 with its garish display of Toxic Masculinity and Fascist Theatrics makes a mockery of America’s military on the streets of our nation’s Capitol? Community? Love? Solidarity?