15\u00a0 bar rises 30.17\u00a0 2mph WNW windchill9<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Crescent of the Snow Moon<\/p>\n
“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<\/a><\/p>\n I would add to Chapman, it often means a taking a bone from a vicious dog and a strong one.\u00a0 That’s why it’s fun.\u00a0 And dangerous.<\/p>\n Just made an attempt to sign up for the Sierra Club’s political committee for this election year.\u00a0 I want to put my hand back in, but with Taoism as my mentor this time, rather than liberation theology or neo-marxism.\u00a0 We’ll see what that means if I get selected.<\/p>\n Slept late today.\u00a0 Still getting used to the\u00a0center of the continent.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 As a child of this land, I relish significant even sudden changes in weather.\u00a0 The cycle of planting, growth, maturity, harvest and a fallow time is as essential to my Self as it is to the\u00a0rhythm of life here.\u00a0 I am, in every sense of the word, an American.\u00a0 A Midwesterner.\u00a0\u00a0 A Northerner.\u00a0 Each of those geographic identifiers impacts key aspects of my person, my approach to life and my deep values.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 15\u00a0 bar rises 30.17\u00a0 2mph WNW windchill9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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 … Continue reading Kama’aina of the Heartland<\/span>