An image of Barack Obama and John Edwards popped up on my screen and I sucked in my breath. Could it be? Did Obama announce that Edwards would be his running mate?
It took a moment for me to adjust to reality - the NYT headline announced only that Edwards endorsed Obama, and of course, […]

photo: Steve Ringman for The Seattle Times

I’ll stand with farmers (of the small and sustainable school) in almost any fight, but a recent dust-up – forgive me, but it this case it should really be a mud-up – in southwest Washington’s Lewis county has me puzzled.
Folks there are still recovering from early December floods. A […]

Fall is the beginning of the rainy season in Seattle but everything looks sunny to me.
Maybe it’s because so much of what I read is optimistic.
I read a couple of blogs by writers living in joyful abundance when many people would focus on the deprivation. Gluten-Free Girl Shauna James Ahern lives with celiac […]

Election day, November 6, 2007, will be a day that many Americans will stop working, or buying, or both.
Garret Keizer proposes a General Strike in October’s Harper’s. He suggests that all Americas strike until Bush and Cheney resign or are impeached.
You should read his words; I can’t do them justice. I will just […]