15 bar rises 30.17 2mph WNW windchill9
Waning Crescent of the Snow Moon
“People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.” – John Jay Chapman
I would add to Chapman, it often means a taking a bone from a vicious dog and a strong one. That’s why it’s fun. And dangerous.
Just made an attempt to sign up for the Sierra Club’s political committee for this election year. I want to put my hand back in, but with Taoism as my mentor this time, rather than liberation theology or neo-marxism. We’ll see what that means if I get selected.
Slept late today. Still getting used to the center of the continent.
One realization I had while in Hawai’i is that I am kama’aina of the heartland, the center of a large landmass, the actual geographic opposite of island life. As a child of this land, I relish significant even sudden changes in weather. The cycle of planting, growth, maturity, harvest and a fallow time is as essential to my Self as it is to the rhythm of life here. I am, in every sense of the word, an American. A Midwesterner. A Northerner. Each of those geographic identifiers impacts key aspects of my person, my approach to life and my deep values.
