Sonoma

On the path to the studio
tarweed sticks to my shoes
and in the warmth of late afternoon
releases its musky scent.
It is the smell of dry brown hills,
of horses sweet with sweat,
of...

Roald Dahl's Heartbreaking Take on Vaccines

With so much debate around the seeming return of Measles - in part spurred by those who were not vaccinated, and putting more at risk, many friends have...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? -Robert Redford,...

I also like Kucinich. I was living in Hawai'i when he ran for president, and we gave him the most delegates of any state. I heard him and still have a shirt of his. However, I think that Senators...

How is it that so many don't understand..... the town of Sebastopol, once called "Annally Township, " (named by my great grandfather's [David P. Gleason] sister's [Catherine Gleason] father-in-law...

Um, this is not serious, you know; Andy Borowitz is a brilliant comedian....

https://media.cagle.com/16/2014/11/10/156088_600.jpg

I can believe it's happening in Florida!

I always enjoy poems about poetry. My contribution...

Faking Poems

Only the really shrewd can tell.
I'm moaning in meter,
under white sheets of paper,
Turning some trickery
In pseudonymph...

BOTH: Love and Forgiveness <o:p></o:p>

go hand in hand.<o:p></o:p>

Each one of us can account for <o:p></o:p>

100 Bad Memories from our past.<o:p></o:p>

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To be quite honest, I don’t believe that it’s TV’s influence (per se). I believe (from my own 40 years of observations) that this is the culture that our parents and grandparents have created. Rude...

The Peaceful Warrior<o:p></o:p>

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I am the Peaceful Warrior.<o:p></o:p>

I am everything, I am nothing.<o:p></o:p>

I am happy for no apparent reason.<o:p></o:p>

A very tragic story Marilyn. This is why I titled this (poem) “””v. MJ Wars"<o:p></o:p>
I always try to strike at contradictions in our Society, in particular: What are OUR Priorities?<o:p></o:p>...

SLAVE TRADE v. MJ Wars<o:p></o:p>
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How far have we as a humanity come?<o:p></o:p>
That kidnaps young children at the point of a gun?<o:p></o:p>
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What need is there here...

Meadowsweet

Tradition suggests that certain of the Gaelic
women poets were buried face down.

So they buries her, and turned home,
a drab psalm
hanging about them like haar*,

not...

Why are we contributing to Israel's war on Gaza? ... these two articles might shed some light ... and no, I am not anti-semitic .. far from it ... I haven't a prejudiced bone in my body and I now...

Dennis Kucinich

Hamas is wrong for firing its rockets, but there is a much larger plan at work here. Israel's public actions explain its plan: A state policy of disenfranchisement, apartheid,...

she seems pretty cool too me, a courageous voice of truth. isn't zionism a form of racism according to the un? why does israel get a pass on ethnic cleansing and wars of conquest in the us? what are...

this is circulating ... do some research ...

[severe environmental and economic shocks are anticipated in the future - gotta get ready]

Full article can be found at https://www.theguardian.com/environme...ivil-breakdown

Pentagon preparing...

This looks completely feasible and ingenious. I watched the video, and looked at their website. Last time I looked they had raised almost twice as much as their original goal. Check it out!

"The U.S. military has won the ideological war. The nation sees human and social problems as military problems. To fight terrorists Americans have become terrorists. Peace is for the weak. War is for...

I just read that Starbucks is fighting GMO labeling. Then I thought OMG, what will our conscious community members do now? I don't buy coffee out, but the few times I have, I've gone to Starbucks,...

I happened to be downtown when the fire started. I ended up watching it for a couple of hours, with many others, and talking about Sebastopol's past and what might now happen. It was a disturbing...

https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/29/fbi-coordinated-crackdown-occupy

Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy

New documents prove what was once dismissed as...

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Annoying?? Leaf blowers are annoying. Terrifying more aptly describes what it's like to live in a war zone. I was in such a place as a child. A sobering reminder: every plane, every bomb,...