I love this quote, my favorite quote for a long time, about how we all need love. I was talking about it with Ming this morning, Christmas morning. It’s Oscar Wilde. It is when we are wounded by our own hands, or by the hands of others, that love should come to cure us –… Read More »
Something happened with the abolition of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are illegal. A magic number was reached, 50 countries who say no to nuclear weapons. So now it’s illegal to have them, by United Nations treaty. Sounds great for peace. The countries who voted against nuclear weapons don’t have them. I had a conversation with… Read More »
My friend gave me this shirt for my birthday. It’s not my usual size but fits anyway. I feel loved. the party Being social in person exhausts me. It’s hard for me to concentrate and respond appropriately. I want to drift off–I have to keep reeling myself back to shared reality. Trouble staying on the… Read More »
I was at an airbnb far away, in a different desert, with Ming and another friend. The other friend left a note in the guestbook, and drew a bird that they left unfinished. I said I preferred the bird unfinished–anyone can draw a whole bird! A bird half-sketched is way better! Alas, I think my… Read More »
I’m talking about feeding people, how to love, how we have bodies that need to be tended to, in pain or hunger or anything. To have a body is to need. Peace is in the body. There you go–good luck with your needs. If we want to learn at school, we need to eat. If… Read More »
Well this is different. Guest blogger here. I am creating this blog post using the speech recognition program on a phone with a little bit of finger typing. This morning I was going to fast as a PeaceFaster http://lovarchy.org/peacefaster/ for Nagasaki Day. I fasted for part of Hiroshima Day. I have PeaceFasted for the past five… Read More »
Hey, guess what today is. You have three guesses. Nope, not egg day. Not Thanksgiving, though every day is good for thanksgiving. No, not International Popsicle Day, probably. I didn’t look that up. Today is the anniversary of the first nuclear bomb test, Trinity Day. In the desert, where my peeps are from, in New… Read More »
This morning I was also excited by these photos I saw at this site for free speech war protest. http://www.freewayblogger.com/ All these photos are from there. I was really proud of my city-mates, as these two are from Sacramento.