• 2023 - Feelings - Politics

    Not Living in an Echo Chamber

    Are you being questioned and pushed? Is there any point in it? August 2023 Maybe I just tell myself this to make myself feel better.  To keep me from screaming bloody murder on a regular basis. Or maybe I’m onto something. Odds are good you are a human being who disagrees with another human being.  About something.  Maybe vehemently disagree.  Maybe you are baffled that this human could ever think “XYZ” when you think “ABC.”  And those two things cannot be mutually exclusive – you can both agree on that at least! And maybe (I’d put some money on it)…

  • 2024 - Community - Feelings - Politics - Valentines

    Real Love for Valentine’s Day (in the Time of Primaries)

    I actually wrote most of this in November of 2022 – again, I am baffled and frustrated that it still is relevant February 2024 I’m awake.  I got up and meditated, did my morning routine and even read for about 20 minutes.  Then connected with the world by checking email.   That’s the only extent I ever really want to connect with the world. I feel so defeated regularly. I feel like everyone walking around are polar opposites. I fear that at any point, someone is going to decide they don’t like something I say. They will decide I’m a threat…