writing – The Watering Hole

Observance: “everyone receives what he deserves”

Sept 22 2025 In a society radically tilted towards authoritarianism, it’s good to revisit history. In a nation traumatized by gun violence, polarized by social inequality and burdened by hate speech, it’s good to revisit poetry. So, here’s one from the great Ernesto Cardenal, pastor and poet of the Sandanista revolution and of Latin AmericanContinue reading “Observance: “everyone receives what he deserves” “

Observance: Demons in the Shadowland of Autocracy, or Fear is the Mind Killer

Photo credit: yours truly Feb 25, 2025 Yesterday while I was at work and my first grader was at school, my partner’s phone rang and seconds later my partner ran into my office screaming, breathless: “They took our child! They have our child!” The phone rang again and on speaker I heard my daughter’s voice,Continue reading “Observance: Demons in the Shadowland of Autocracy, or Fear is the Mind Killer”

My Books of 2023

In keeping with the end of year tradition, here, just a week or so overdue, is the list of books I read or listened to, cover to cover, in 2023… “Let us put it into context. This was the beginning of the Old Wild West Days. In most ways it was a retrogression. The lawlessnessContinue reading “My Books of 2023”