Category: Me

part of a letter to a friend in prison

they are blasting mountains to build more highway and every time i enter the city i get sick the toxic perfumes of others invade cranial pores filling them with red dye number fourteen (the colour used to tint ketchup potato chips which also give… Continue Reading “part of a letter to a friend in prison”

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just an update

i have been neglectful of people in my life lately and so i apologize if you are waiting for an email response from me and have not gotten one yet – i have a list of people who i have responses composed to half… Continue Reading “just an update”

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less than charming

i am finding myself less than charming today and i just had a meeting with a manager and a human resources advisor about a case i am working on as a shop steward, and am wishing i could have been a little bit more… Continue Reading “less than charming”

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idolizing the rich

as long as our cultural memes reinforce the selfishness and moral bankruptcy of the rich and our right to consume as we please in our desire to be like them – and our “leaders” don’t challenge that – we continue in our purgatory of destruction, never tasting good food, drinking potable water or breathing clean air – never connecting with other peoples, animals or the environment which we have mostly paved over.

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lessons from water

revelation on the morning bus ride: rather than feeling as though i’m *in* water – i need to *be* water drowning, submerged, in over my head – this is how i often feel as a union steward listening to the stories of aggrieved members.… Continue Reading “lessons from water”

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