Well, Spring is already nigh, and my record collection has been asking me whether I even care about it. The answer is, of course, but honestly, not as much as I used to. At least, for some of you that don’t get listened to, having you does not bring me as much joy as buying […]
hopefulAnd that is beyond a blessing, to be able to walk in this world and do this work, hand-in-hand with brilliant minds and huge hearts.
energeticIt seems strange, really quite strange, that sitting at the top of my music library tonight, the most recently added album, and there have been many recently, is Mahler’s 5th with the face of the MTT on the cover. Just three days after I added it, with the intention to listen to it in the […]
accomplishedLast weekend, we held Friends Changemaker Weekend for the first time. A merging of Spring Lobby Weekend and Quaker Public Policy Institute, we brought an intergenerational mix to Washington D.C. (well, Arlington, mostly) for 3 days of advocacy training, community-building, and finally, a lobby day against funding for this absurd war in Iran. One question […]
determinedI’d like to thank Spotify for raising their rates two years ago for pushing me to accept the fact that the continued enshittification (thanks Cory Doctorow for the word) will not relent, that we will keep getting screwed by subscription services, that we are products, and that I need to take my data back. It […]
The powerful force of nostalgia has been on my mind. The tensions between memory and prayer, between returning to and creating toward. I create maps of covers, this artist with this song, this artist covering that artist, the way the songs fill time and space and connect us to subtle hints about who is valued, […]
nostalgicOn my last trip of the year, through Sonoma County, I stood at the gates of Camp Newman, outside Santa Rosa. Fire consumed much of the property and the surrounding area. Yet, across the street, some properties operate seemingly untouched. Now, instead of campers and counselors, its inhabitants are maintenance and security staff, EPA and […]
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