my latest political blog posts.
my new political focus
September 30, 2022
Not too many years ago, I saw politics through the lens of elections and their outcomes. I did what I could to support progressive candidates and policies; after all, it’s elected officials who set the rules – to a large extent – and who lead the way in making our communities safer, healthier, more prosperous.
And then, anxiety and depression knocked me completely out of that mode. Thankfully, I got connected with the health care I needed for that – literally in the same week covid shut the country down in 2020. For me, everything closing down was a blessing.
And then, anxiety and depression knocked me completely out of that mode. Thankfully, I got connected with the health care I needed for that – literally in the same week covid shut the country down in 2020. For me, everything closing down was a blessing.
politics for the anxious, depressed, and other mentally unhealthy citizens who believe in democracy
September 27, 2022
Novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn departed this life in 1998, but she articulated a message that I think is important for us to hear.
She wrote, “People often say, with pride, ‘I’m not interested in politics.’ They might as well say, ‘I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future.'”
Gelhorn added, “If we mean to keep control over our world and lives, we must be interested in politics.”
She wrote, “People often say, with pride, ‘I’m not interested in politics.’ They might as well say, ‘I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future.'”
Gelhorn added, “If we mean to keep control over our world and lives, we must be interested in politics.”
the latest additions to Poemetry,
the inspired and inspiring works of the World’s Greatest Poemetrist™.
2023-2-7
things that never were
do not matter to me,
not as much as i wish
the things there were
had never been.
do not matter to me,
not as much as i wish
the things there were
had never been.
2022-12-26
“Ouch, My Back Hurts,
and Other Complaints
Regarding the Human System”
will be the title
of my next book. . . .
and Other Complaints
Regarding the Human System”
will be the title
of my next book. . . .
2022-11-6
that’s the hard part about life:
you’re here in the moment
always & nowhere
but here in the moment
and what was. . . .
you’re here in the moment
always & nowhere
but here in the moment
and what was. . . .
2022-9-19
self-reflection
isn’t the issue.
i’ve been looking
deep into my soul
my whole, sad life.
isn’t the issue.
i’ve been looking
deep into my soul
my whole, sad life.
2022-9-15
my dream was boring
until Tobey Maguire walked in.
the basketball team
was happy to see him,
but my friend & i. . . .
until Tobey Maguire walked in.
the basketball team
was happy to see him,
but my friend & i. . . .
2022-1-26
some lives are not to be mourned,
having been lived so well as to demand
celebration & joy
even as we lose
their presence among us….
having been lived so well as to demand
celebration & joy
even as we lose
their presence among us….
2022-1-13
at my age,
death is something
that grows
more & more likely
with each passing day.
death is something
that grows
more & more likely
with each passing day.