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Who To Marry?

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments · lifestyle, politics, sustainability

Are you allowed to establish a legally recognized family with the person of your choice? That is, do you get to marry whom you choose? I can — because I choose someone of the opposite sex. But millions of Americans with a different choice are denied the right to marry the one they love. That’s [...]

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The Archetypal Lover

July 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · community, lifestyle, simplicity

Having noticed unusually high readership of my last post How To Save Money On Gas, I’m going to soon write a sequel with more tips on that topic, including from readers, via comments. But man does not live by gas alone. We need our spirits to be fed, too. Enter poetry. This poem of mine, [...]

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Love, Sex and Sustainability

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · simplicity, sustainability

Living sustainably takes an ongoing focus. It takes mindfulness. My experience is that all kinds of things, but especially addictions, destroy that mindfulness. Years ago I was smitten with a man, a man beautiful inside and out, who was — you guessed it — unavailable. I obsessed about him for weeks, neglecting other things in [...]

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Love In The Time Of Global Warming

April 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments · community, lifestyle, sustainability

“Love In The Time Of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is about a fifty-year love triangle. Love in the time of global warming is, for me, my own love triangle. The three players are the world, global warming and myself.
Perito Moreno Glacier calving, Patagonia.
Photo by Hanmi Meyer

Perito Moreno Glacier calving, Patagonia, photo by Hanmi Meyer

When I am even halfway

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