As you know all too well – Trump's arraignment was today. There was a definite "It Will Be Wild!" theme to Trump's communication with his folks, hearkening back to his tweets in December 2020, egging on his truest believers. Of course, many of his truest believers are in prison – or have otherwise experienced the … Continue reading Unfettered Capitalism Is Bad For Your Health
Well friend, while I'm really glad that we're on the other side of economic catastrophe, we just barely averted a national and global financial crisis – which would have been a self-inflicted wound with massive implications. But the hostage takers are still in office. And the MAGA-In-Chief is still tweeting (or truthing, or whatever they … Continue reading Standing Up and Showing Yourself Matters – to Friends and Foes Alike
Our weekly Movie Night Movie this week was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (Not to be confused with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 original film.) And as we were sitting on the front porch last night talking about the movie, my husband summarized it well: "It's all about boundaries." And do you … Continue reading Boundaries: Setting Them and Testing Them
"American politics has become detached from reality because it has become detached from consequences." ~Steve Schmidt "Pressure forces choices." ~Timothy Snyder Sometimes the simplest sentences are the most profound. Like "Pressure forces choices." I read that sentence in an essay by Timothy Snyder, Yale professor, Ukraine/Russia expert and author of On Tyranny. And I sat … Continue reading Pressure Forces Choices
Gardens are not made by singing "Oh, how beautiful," and sitting in the shade. ~Rudyard Kipling The other night, my husband and I watched a little hummingbird ride out a summer storm, perched on the feeder under our awning. I had opened the back door to rescue a seedling from the too-big raindrops I saw … Continue reading The Need to Tend
The spectacle of King Charles's coronation this week was a good reminder: Democracy is not the default. Freedom is not humanity’s factory setting. Quite the contrary, actually. Through human history we have organized under an all-powerful king figure. We give them authority over everything and everyone, lots of gold, jewels the size of golf balls, … Continue reading Would You Call Someone Fighting for Democracy a Loser?
It's 2026. Two years have passed since Election '24. It's different this time. After Trump won in 2016, his first years were bumbling, slap-dash affairs. He didn't have the relationships to leverage, or even understand the levers of government enough to know which ones to push and pull. Not this time. This time he's been … Continue reading Fast Forward to Focus on Now
"[A]s you’ve discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” The Phantom Tollbooth I’ll bet when you woke up yesterday you didn’t expect to see the news that Tucker Carlson is being booted from Fox News. I sure didn’t. In fact, the very thought that Tucker Carlson would not … Continue reading Everything’s Impossible Until It’s Not
Note: This week I'm thrilled to again have a guest post by Kelli Dunaway – an elected official, executive and life coach, absolute firecracker... and fantastic friend. When she and I were talking about all of the things going on in the world today, she had some excellent advice and a very fresh perspective. I … Continue reading Find Your Tarot Class, A Guest Post
Yesterday I was reminded of an old experiment – one that sheds light on important aspects of the Republican strategy and how we fight it. The experiment involves a Mason jar and a grasshopper. Maybe you unwittingly ran this experiment yourself as a kid, but if not, here's how it goes. You place (gently, of … Continue reading Learned Optimism and Grasshoppers
Small Deeds Done 