Listening: Borders (It Could Happen Here)

Andrew sits down with Gare and James to explain the history of borders and how states have used them to control people Because for most of the world for most of human existence, really free movement has been the status quo. Traders, migrants, hunter gatherers, nomads, they freely traversed this...

October 24, 2022 0

Reading: Keeping the Heart Open (Hima Batavia)

#75 - keeping the heart open Even during the struggle by Hima Batavia Another piece by Hima that struck a chord with me. Some excerpts that resonated the most C says that this time of the year is harder than the winter because everything around us is dying. Death is...

October 24, 2022 0

Listening: Five Fingers Crush the Land (Throughline)

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/07/994895474/five-fingers-crush-the-land Over one million Uyghur people have been detained in camps in China, according to estimates, subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restrictions, and even forced sterilization. The vast majority of this minority ethnic group is Muslim, living for centuries at a crossroads of culture and empire along what was...

October 24, 2022 0

October 22, 2022 Fall Colors Continue

[envira-gallery id='9893'] Blue fescue Festuca glauca Blue fescue (Festuca glauca) is a clump-forming ornamental grass that is an evergreen perennial. Blue fescue is often planted for ornamental groundcover, but can become a weed if not carefully controlled. The latin name Festuca glauca means "pale blue-grey." Katsura tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum Katsura...

October 22, 2022 0

Miscarriage

Life was in me And now it flows through My heavy body Face towards the shower head Water running over me Rinsing the clots of what was once growing life Inside me My womb nurtured and grew this home Tissue strands of would-be offspring Now washed away Now flushed away...

October 21, 2022 0

October 21, 2022 Leaves & Gourds

[envira-gallery id='9308'] Oakleaf hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia The oakleaf hydrangea is native to the southeastern United States, generally found from North Carolina down to Florida. Discovered by William Bartram in the 1770s, it is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens as well as parks. Japanese maple Acer palmatum A...

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