Cognitive Dissonance
The cognitive dissonance of our current collective nightmare is getting to me. It’s not that I had my head in the sand about the rise of fascism. I’ve done a lot of organizing against it and made a lot of …
Workshops, manuscript consultations, coaching, and the angst of promotional emails in politically fucked-up times
I sent the following email to my teaching, consulting, and coaching mailing list this morning. I suspect that it might interest a number of you, as well, so am sharing it here. If you are on that list and also …
Portland walks: North on NE 20th Ave to NE Broadway
I took a walk the other day to Broadway Books to pick up my friend Mindy’s new book. As I set out, I was thinking about how welcome I’ve always felt walking into that bookstore, both under the past ownership …
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Portland Walks: utility Pole politics
I’ve been doing a lot of silent screaming lately. Maybe you have, too. Things in the United States are bad, overwhelmingly so, and are bound to get worse before we either pull ourselves out of this authoritarian pit or fail …
Portland Walks: South from Colonel Summers Park
This is the second post in a series of walks around Portland, Oregon. I walk through the city every day anyway, so I figured…why not bring you with me? Once a month, or maybe a bit more often, you’ll get …
Portland Walks: West Across the Burnside Bridge
This is the first in a series of walks around Portland, Oregon. I walk through the city every day anyway, so I figured…why not bring you with me? Once a month, or maybe a bit more often, you’ll get a …
Okay so now what?
Fuck. I mean… FUCK. In 2016, I was pretty sure that Trump would win. This time around, when it was still Biden running, I knew that Trump would win. But when we switched to Harris, I had hope. Real hope. …
Little Embers of Hope
This has been a difficult year for me for a number of reasons, not least of which was the impending doom I felt whenever I considered a rematch between Biden and Trump, and how shaky our chances seemed of staving …
Workshops, Classes, and Coaching (oh my)
Hey folks, I hope your summer is off to a good start (or your winter, for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere). I tend to keep these announcements mostly to my mailing list, but my guess is that a …
Our fathers' graves
I had a zoom coffee date with a beloved far-away friend last week. He was talking about a recent trip back home to see his mother, and how he’d visited his father’s grave while he was there, something he hadn’t …