Ten thousand years ago hunter-gatherers settled down to grow crops. Irrigation during dry times of the year became centralized in the hands of a few people where the river entered the farmland. They watered their land first. Those downstream could have what was left. Sometimes there wasn’t any. The downstreamers (nearly everyone) were not...
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Confessions of a Trained Monkey
Max Fleischman cartoon OK! So my forays into turning my idealistic thoughts into action...
Health: Managing A Precious Resource
Ten thousand years ago hunter-gatherers settled down to grow crops. Irrigation during dry times...
Pink Slime Be Gone
I am watching the pink slime story in the news. It’s the good news...
political commentary
Money is Made Up “I have a hundred bucks.” “I’ll give you a thousand...
Health: Managing A Precious Resource
political commentary
Money is Made Up “I have a hundred bucks.” “I’ll give you a thousand dollars for that.” “I make eleven fifty an hour.” We all know what these statements mean, and can deduct and assume more information about anyone who says them. But the numerical expression of value that money symbolizes is a completely...
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The Misinformation machine
This link will take you to a great article called The Misinformation Machine by Tim Karr found on the wonderful billmoyer.com website. http://billmoyers.com/2012/03/09/the-misinformation-machine/
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Dream For Political Solution
Hey Dreamers - I am spending a lot of emotional energy on worrying about the terrible political situation we are currently in. I want to know what the solution could be. I am reading lots of books from lots of people talking about the problem, then adding some general possibilities about how to “save...
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RCW says Hi
Looks likes fun and useful for dreamers, hope to see you this summer at the conference@
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The Struggle Is Ongoing
On February 17, 2012, I attended a half day workshop in Corvallis Oregon about HealthCare – a Human Right. We had 2 dynamic speakers, Margaret Flowers, MD, co-founder of the Maryland Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), and Kevin Zeese, Attorney and Executive Director and co-founder of Voters for Peace. He...
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A Prescription
By Bruce Barney If American democratic society is seen metaphorically as a body, one can see that it occasionally gets sick. Some of these illnesses seem to be autoimmune diseases like the current one—rampant greed. Not all capitalists have this but some do. For the “cells” that want to take over it is...
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Take Back Our Power
On February 17, 2012, I attended a half day workshop in Corvallis, Oregon about HealthCare – a Human Right. We had 2 dynamic speakers, Margaret Flowers, MD, co-founder of the Maryland Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), and Kevin Zeese, Attorney and Executive Director and co-founder of Voters for Peace. He...
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Safety Tips for Wheelchair User at Home
This post was written for the above blog , http://roclok.com/blog. You might check them out as well. It is about security and safety at the home. __________ I’ve had plenty of experience as a veteran of 48 years of being a person with a disability with finding myself in scary and potentially dangerous...
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IASD 2012 Conference
I am a member of this great organization called International Association for the Study of Dreams. Since 1996. These conferences are annual and 4 days of jam packed presentations from some of the most famous authors and dream researchers in the world. It is unbelievably rich in experiences, insights and information...
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Honor The Dream
Bring The Dream Into Waking Life Doing the dream work is an obvious way to bring the dream material out into the light of waking day. Anything you do that causes you to spend time with the dream is a wonderful way to honor the dream. Some Suggestions of Waking Activities That Honor The...
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Swimming Upstream
Dear Ermine Iron: I have a problem. I am visually impaired. That is actually not my problem. I can motate around pretty good. Well, the other day, I was waiting for a bus seeing as how they won’t let me drive. I had a busy day ahead of me. I work as a consultant for E. R....
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Interesting Comments of Jonathan Haidt On Moyers & Co
Just got done watching this week’s Moyers & Company on PBS (Sunday at 5pm in the Pacific Northwest.) Johanthan Haidt, a psychologist, discusses the moral codes that run the two political parties. He talks about people actually talking with people, trying to understand what makes them function a particular way. Why are we apparently...
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Voting With My Wallet
I am a bit of an idealist. I think of an idea and think, that’s easy enough to do. Another way of describing this is that I don’t think things through. I impulsively start, and then learn the hard way that it isn’t as simple as I had thought. So, as I watch with concern...
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The Blue Heron Moment
A special day when the universe provided THE BLUE HERON By Bjo Ashwill There was this moment, you see. I saw a Blue Heron. The Blue Heron Moment. This was the 24,703,200th moment Of my life. I saw a tall legged Long necked, fat bodied blue bird. Well, actually, that’s...
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Notes To Self
My speedy thought processing. An example of it is when I reach an intersection. I’m short in a wheelchair and so have to make a decision to cross the street based on partial evidence. When I think the traffic has a nice break in it, I dash out sometimes discovering an unexpected car closer...
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Confessions of a Trained Monkey
Max Fleischman cartoon OK! So my forays into turning my idealistic thoughts into action has some glaring blemishes. I resolved to vote with my wallet. However, last month, I found a skirt I really liked at WalMart and it was so cheap. I felt so guilty about outsourcing jobs to other countries and gouging...
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