Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Wild Moon<\/p>\n
Legislative Reference Library<\/p>\n
Ate at the capitol cafeteria today for the first time in probably 15 years.\u00a0 Met with Justin and Dan.\u00a0 They both have the lobbying persona, happy positive upbeat.\u00a0 Make only friends.\u00a0 No enemies.\u00a0 Why I’m not a lobbyist.<\/p>\n
Walking up the capitol steps today I had a physical sense of the collective power of Minnesota citizens.\u00a0 It inhabits this building, especially during session.\u00a0 We come, from whatever role or status, to seek the benefit of this power.\u00a0 This was the first time I recall feeling this presence in such a palpable way.<\/p>\n
Democracy has its mystical side and on my way up the white granite steps it pressed inward, right to my heart. I do reverence here because\u00a0 even wounded as it is by class democracy comes closest to the vox populi.<\/p>\n
Here in the library the maroon covered tables have five filled seats.\u00a0 Only one man, a strange little bald guy in a tweed jacket and hair dyed an odd reddish color consults a book.\u00a0 The rest of us, in this literary chapel, stare at computer screens.\u00a0 The new reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Wild Moon Legislative Reference Library Ate at the capitol cafeteria today for the first time in probably 15 years.\u00a0 Met with Justin and Dan.\u00a0 They both have the lobbying persona, happy positive upbeat.\u00a0 Make only friends.\u00a0 No enemies.\u00a0 Why I’m not a lobbyist. Walking up the capitol steps today I had a physical … Continue reading Mystical Democracy<\/span>