Winter Solstice - - - appropriated by Christians,
cashed-in by Hallmark,
now wholly owned by Amazon
Reflection distorts -
The story I tell may or
may not, still be true
My poems are just lines on paper that spill out like water from a jug, watering young shoots that grow roots to secure the fragile space I occupy. Like Guan Yin at frail edge of lake or river or ocean, contemplating the moon reflecting in water. She risks being present, being focused, being witness.
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“ The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment and not the other way around.”
Gaylord Nelson
For those of us who were in the streets in the 60s and 70s there is now an online group - the Third Act, Seniors working together on climate action. Here is a link to a four minute PBS NewsHour piece on the Third Act: PBS News link to 3rd Act
And check out their website: www.thirdact.org. They are making plans for a day of action on 32123
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This is my question, and yes, I’d like an answer:
All federal contractors are required to provide paid sick time for their employees, but the railroad companies are exempt. Why is that?
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Because I believe there is magic in all books, even the most scientific / dry texts; the magic is in readers making connections to ideas, sparks of imagination, the sharing of hope that if these words are put out into the world somehow it makes a difference for the better. The following is a list of some of the books I’ve read in 2022, because they somehow changed my life or just because
But first, here is a list of online newsletters that have inspired me and often lead me to the
books I’ve read:
The Marginalian — Marginalian
Hyperallergic — Hyperallergic
Zocalo Square — Zocalo Square
The Drift — The Drift
Dame — Dame
Book Lists
Fiction:
The Return of Faraz Ali by Amina Ahmad
2022,
All Our Missing Hearts
2022
Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera
2022
After Lives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
2022
The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
2022
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
2022
Horse by Gwendolyn Brooks
2020
Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
2015
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
2021
The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
2021
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
2018
The map of the salt and stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
2018
The Pages by Hugo Hamilton
2022
The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock
2021
The Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
2020
Recitatif by Toni Morrison
2022 — reissued with introduction by Zadie Smith
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
2021
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
2021
A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles
2016
Sula by Toni Morrison
1973
Hell of A Book by Jason Mott
2021
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
2010/2021 translation
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
1970
City of Thieves by David Benioff
2008
Non Fiction
The Monk and the Philosopher by Jean François Revel and Matthieu Ricard
1998
Shelf life by Nadia Wassef
2022
Catching the Light by Joy Harjo
2022
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
2021
How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
2019
In My Mother’s House by Kim Chernin
1983
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2013
These Precious Days by Anne Patchett
2021
Call Them by Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit
2018
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow new history of humanity
2020
James Baldwin Nothing Personal, foreword by Imani Perry, afterword by Eddie S. Glaube Jr.
2021 — “Talking to Americans is usually extremely uphill work. We are afraid to reveal ourselves
because we trust ourselves so little.”
Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
2005
Don’t Forget Us Here by Mansoor Adafi
2021
Other Reads:
The Moon In the Water by Kathy J. Phillips
2008 — inspiration for my haiku and thoughts on my poetry at the beginning of this blog post
Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda
2022, 3 — new translation by Sara Lisa Paulson, illustrated by Paloma Valdivia
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini
1972
The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant
1995
Motionless Journey by Matthieu Ricard
2007
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Brown
2021
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
2021 “The imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity.”
You can’t keep a good woman down by Alice Walker
1971,— first in a short story collection: fantasy of reparation, what Elvis owes for
appropriating black culture. It’s funny and sad. I read it three times in a row, favorite
sentence: ‘ you need an honest audience‘
Da Small Pitot Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Translated from French to Hawai’i pidgin by Keao NeSmith
2018
Holding Space by Aminata Cairo, PHD
2021
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
2006
Water by the Spoonful, a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Quiana Alegría Hudes
2012
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad — graphic interpretation by Peter Kuper
2020, — captured the story using Conrad’s words, but mainly through illustration / layout.
This would be excellent textbook for a class in graphic-novel writing.
My wish for you in the coming year:
Roam wide in your library. Spend time with poetry. Discover graphic novels,
don’t skip over books marked as young adult, nor miss the children’s
section with its abundant, fanciful illustrations, and wisdom in a few words . . .
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A gift she gave us
after so many hellos
chance to say goodbye
In memory of
Mary Grace Kekalia
January 7, 1941 — September 19, 2022
And also to honor one of my heroes - artist and underground cartoonist:
Aline Kominsky-Crumb — 1948-2022
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