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What if this pandemic of fear is only a spiritual fire drill to prepare us to spread love and wellness to all?

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Perhaps the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic of fear is a spiritual fire drill designed to expose the weaknesses in our systems.  Can we sit quietly on the lawn during our fire drill? and where are our hats? Think you cannot fully fund public … [Continue reading] about What if this pandemic of fear is only a spiritual fire drill to prepare us to spread love and wellness to all?

(:)(:)(:)(:) for Jesus Christ Superstar original film digitally re-mastered wide-screen – Eerily applicable to our times

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  Tonight I thought I was going to a lightweight sing-a-long movie with friends, instead I was treated to a cinematic tour de force with a story eerily applicable to our time. This 2000 year old story brought to Broadway by Webber and Rice … [Continue reading] about (:)(:)(:)(:) for Jesus Christ Superstar original film digitally re-mastered wide-screen – Eerily applicable to our times

Bernie Sanders Won California–What that Means for the State & the Nation

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With the east coast states reporting first and all the Biden hype, the fact of the largest state in the union voting decisively for Bernie Sanders has been glossed over in the news.  So let’s take a moment to celebrate Bernie Sanders winning … [Continue reading] about Bernie Sanders Won California–What that Means for the State & the Nation

My Top Tips to Create & Maintain a Meditation Practice with a Family

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I have been meditating daily for about 20 years, which means I must have started when our children were about 3 and 5.  Various tricks have worked for me throughout the years.  This past week, keeping my meditation practice up while caring … [Continue reading] about My Top Tips to Create & Maintain a Meditation Practice with a Family

Sacramento’s Katie Valenzuela Shows the Continued Power of Bernie’s Movement

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After ugly crying at the results of the Biden coup last night, it was a tonic to breeze by a row of lawn signs on this perfect Sacramento spring day--all of which trumpeted candidates & issues that I voted for which seem to have prevailed in the … [Continue reading] about Sacramento’s Katie Valenzuela Shows the Continued Power of Bernie’s Movement

Reading *Reading Lolita in Tehran* in US 2020

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It’s been on our bookshelf since 2003 when Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran was top of the best-seller lists.  In that time, in the wake of 911, notwithstanding my distress over the George W. Bush administration, it might have meant … [Continue reading] about Reading *Reading Lolita in Tehran* in US 2020

VOTERS stand with Bernie at the “Moral Center” of the Democratic Party

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With the mainstream media continuing to pursue (with the encouragement of some Democratic party insiders) its “anyone but Bernie” strategy, my impulse was to demand that Warren, Buttigieg and Klobuchar need to drop out and endorse Bernie.  Then … [Continue reading] about VOTERS stand with Bernie at the “Moral Center” of the Democratic Party

Do you actually know the thrill of using public transit?

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Having spent a lot of my life with the belief that public transit is inconvenient and messy, or a great sacrifice over car travel, I wonder sometimes if people understand what a net affirmative joy it is to get around by bus, train or foot.I grew up … [Continue reading] about Do you actually know the thrill of using public transit?

A Progressive President Can Make a Huge Difference, With or Without Congress

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FDR's Labor Secretary Frances Perkins Meets with striking workersBernie Sanders is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.  I’ve made no secret of my support for him or my belief that he is by far the best candidate to beat the incumbent … [Continue reading] about A Progressive President Can Make a Huge Difference, With or Without Congress