Monthly Archives: February 2014

In Awe of the Possibility

image by Scott Hanft Our industrial civilization has created a scarcity of everything, and not just of ‘consumables’: We’ve also, at least in our minds, created a scarcity of relationship (too many ‘Facebook’ friends and not enough real ones), trust, … Continue reading

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Theo’s History of the 19th Century

This is a fictional excerpt from the diary of my great great grandfather Theo Pollard, “written” in 1899. I’ve actually read his 1899 diary, but it contains little but reports from the newspaper and information about family visits and his … Continue reading

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The Horses’ Bodies

image: wild horses reintroduced to Chernobyl I watch the horses’ bodies. They convey so clearly their feelings, their intent, their cautions to each other. So much more than I, they are their bodies, at one with them, present in them … Continue reading

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How Our Narratives Inform Our Hopes for Change

dust storm, texas 1935; image from wikipedia When co-founder of the Permaculture Movement David Holmgren recently suggested it might be better for the world if we were to try to precipitate global economic collapse in order to mitigate runaway climate change, … Continue reading

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more than just scars

(image from a post by Nick Smith, believed to be from the collection of John Wareham, artist’s name unknown) the research done with feral children shows our neural pathways form in line with what we need to learn, and once we’re adolescents, … Continue reading

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