Each day offers the challenge of ‘hearing what is not said, to see what cannot be seen.’
These daily dispatches, lasting 108 days, provide a window into ways we might learn and grow through these storms – in this extraordinary season - as we find ways to see and face the horizon as we go.
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No. 87 of 108
Since math is not just simple arithmetic, the universe will produce ironic plot twists to remind us: the universe keeps connecting us, and the more we attempt to control it the more twisted our lives become.
No. 86 of 108
How did we create so much distance between our daily existence and all the people and things which make it possible?
No. 85 of 108
In an era of sharp divisions and sharp elbows, we are counting on leaders to move boldly, and to bridge and persuade as they go, especially in the face of rulers who double-down, deny and destroy
No. 84 of 108
Well, you may have missed this news while doomscrolling in an unhelpful position
No. 83 of 108
As the fights continue, let us be clear-eyed and desirous of the world we want our descendants to thrive in.
No. 82 of 108
Who are We? What do We Stand for? Why? Towards what Ends?
No. 81 of 108
A heartening shout out to all those who arise for a better possibility in the face of threats and harm, be they regular folx flying flags and singing in the streets or those with positional authority using all of their authorities.
No. 80 of 108
We, the peoples and beings who are in the place currently ruled, the peoples and beings who need the labor, heart, experience, dedication, and persistence of workers who work for the greater whole, now in a hole of rulers’ making
No. 79 of 108
In times of collapse and values-neutral contradictions, danger, ambition, and opportunity meet, flirt, jostle and surge to fill any void of power and influence.
No. 78 of 108
Will these female personifications of governance fall as anachronisms?
No. 77 of 108
Science is an informed endeavor by humans to make sense of the universe we are a teeny tiny part of.
No. 76 of 108
When the world slides sideways, it can feel like we have about a 1 in 40,000 chance of making it to the other side well and thriving.
No. 75 of 108
Survival can be about Flourishing. Beauty. Love. Remembrance. Friendship. Cultivation.
No. 74 of 108
What’s in a name? Names count. Words matter
No. 73 of 108
No one is the final catcher of the ball hazard-ly thrown.
No. 72 of 108
As it turns out, we can do without that thingamaplasticjig prime-delivered invention to do whatchamacallit
No. 71 of 108
Yes… many seeds planted, many years ago.
No. 70 of 108
Stay rooted in the one universe in which up is up, down is down.
No. 69 of 108
Whether you believe in climate change or not, nature will be what it will be.
No. 68 of 108
In civil society, we count on experts to guide us, to say – in their knowledgeable and tested views – what is safe, what is not safe, what is highly or strongly recommended to keep us safe and well.