Music Ennobles All It Touches
We stand on the edge of the abyss. Humanity is the scourge of the planet, some say. The Earth will be better off without us say others. We are causing our own extinction. I think we’re the child, throwing toys out of the cradle, not caring what breaks as we rage at our own actions. … Continue reading Are We Part of the Problem, or Part of the Solution?
I know you’re angry. So am I. How could we not be? Children ripped from their parents, Concentration camps in Texas. “I can’t breathe” “I remember their laughter” A child-man throwing ugly decrees from his high chair. But from a high shelf in Europe come watercolor images a century on. French families fleeing destruction. Children … Continue reading Centenary
The wind is up. The chimes are ringing it inside, even though the windows are shut. We keep things we don’t want to deal with out with walls of glass. We don’t want to see it, we have enough to deal with. We don’t want to know if other peoples’ belongings are being blown across … Continue reading We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
Emily Hawthorne of Hello My Bunnies and Bats was kind enough not only to interview me at Pantheacon in February, but to put the video up on her channel. She was a delight in our hospitality room at the con, and her channel has some interesting vids on it. It was great talking to her, I … Continue reading Talking Druidry With Emily Hawthorne
On March 20th, 2018, a circle of people stood in the rain, celebrating the day the genocide ended. The Ohlone had called us together with faith leaders from many communities to celebrate the vernal equinox on a parking lot that covers the last remnant of a shellmound complex that stretched for miles. At the ceremony, … Continue reading The Day The Genocide Ended
Originally posted on GODS & RADICALS:
Support us by either buying our print and digital works (everything’s 20% off for the month of May with code RIOT) or by donating here, or both! “You, reading this essay: you are an ark.” From Asa West From a car window, California fuchsia might look like just another… Continue reading We Can All Be Arks
Originally posted on Signposts in the Mist:
I. In the Deepest of Places… They’re possibly the oldest living beings on earth. They possess the power to create and destroy life-giving climates. They thrive in the deepest of places and most extreme conditions – submarine springs, volcanic vents, hot desert sands, glacial ice – as well… Continue reading Methanogens and the End of the World
When does one wave end and another begin? I have always felt let down after Pantheacon. That first day back at my fairly colorless job, no one to share the insights, highs, and shenanigans of the weekend, my friends scattered to the four winds yet again, is always hard. This year I took the rest … Continue reading Nine Waves
YES! The Captains of Industry have had every opportunity to share the fruits of automation with us, but they choose to keep them for themselves instead. And the planet, and the people, cannot keep giving forever. Continue reading Modern Life Is Rubbish, Part Two: The Modern Peasant
The First Peoples of North America killed the Black Snake. They warned us all of the web of dark pipe, creeping across the Land, poisoning the Land, the Water, the Air. They had to speak, hoping that at last we would hear because death came once again for their lands, and because they knew that … Continue reading The Story of Now
