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by popular demand i am finally answering this question. faithful readers know that during the presidential primary i groused about kamala harris numerous times. my opinions were strongly covered by my experience working with harris when she was … [Continue reading] about kamala harris: a “san francisco sellout” we should all get behind
my brother and i had a slightly more ambitious backpacking trip in mind—at a minimum we had our eye on lake margaret near kirkwood, california at 8,000 feet of elevation 2.5 miles hike in. or we looked at horseshoe lake near lake juniper in lassen … [Continue reading] about covid road trip series: five masks for primitive camping on the south yuba river; three masks for the mayor of illinois crossing
What if you knew there was a place you could go where all human problems disappeared, and you were filled with the most exquisite feeling of love and connection possible? Would you want to go there? I do. Increasingly. It exists in each of us, and … [Continue reading] about how and why to enter your sacred heart
5 masks up for four night mini vacations. this is related to a recent four night trip we took which I had so much to say about that it spun a multi-part series answering various questions about the trip including this one. click here to see the … [Continue reading] about covid road trip series: why is 4 nights the perfect number for a mini driving vacation?
5 masks up for lake almanor in northern california . i have so much to say about this trip that i am rolling out a multi-part series answering various questions about the area including. click here to see the other posts. today’s question … [Continue reading] about covid road trip series: why might i want to visit lake almanor in northern california?
4 masks up for lassen national park in northern california . i have so much to say about this trip that i am rolling out a multi-part series answering various questions about the area including. click here to see the other posts. today’s question … [Continue reading] about covid road trip series: why might i want to go to lassen national park in northern california?
it appears that we have reached to a tipping point in this country where a majority of americans no longer believe we should tolerate systemic racism. maybe a better way to put that is its come to white america’s attention that there is systemic … [Continue reading] about aoc speech on house floor highlights how far we have to go with women
from the july 22nd, 2020 episode of a late show with stephen colbert i want to call out a couple videos and a couple of thoughts, one profound and one absurd. https://youtu.be/Brtog4AABBg the profound is his interview with greta … [Continue reading] about 7/22 colbert: greta thunberg on what is a crisis/escape a bit with keegan michael key
https://youtu.be/Jq2RGuW0XFg in an evangelist for remote work sees the rest of the world catch on (new york times 7-12-2020) i learned how matt mullenweg founded automaticc (which owns wordpress) with a “distributed … [Continue reading] about clearing judgments about my lack of follow-through
https://youtu.be/_GAJ0O7oj3s i notice that i have been in another wave of preoccupation with what other people are doing wrong with covid-19. i have joined in the focus on how terrible it is that the president took so long to wear the … [Continue reading] about owning & clearing my judgments about the president & others in the pandemic
we just passed four glorious nights in an airbnb right on lake almanor close to lassen national park which demands a whole set of posts. i have so much to say about this trip that it will be a multi-part series answering … [Continue reading] about covid road trip series (lake almanor, lassen national park and lake almanor): when you visit an area that has low covid but high maga, what are the public spaces like?
4 masks up for airbnb on lake almanor. we just passed four glorious nights in an airbnb right on lake almanor close to lassen national park which demands a whole set of posts.  i have so much to say about this trip that it will be a multi-part … [Continue reading] about covid road trip series: today’s question how can I safely stay overnight away from home?