The Facebook Quandry

The Facebook Quandry

I’ve never really felt comfortable posting on Facebook. Like most of you, I am only there because you are there– because of ‘network effect’..  It is certainly not because I resonate with the vibe of Facebook or its ethos. Over the last years,...
2022 EarthCycles Calendar Launched 🎉

2022 EarthCycles Calendar Launched 🎉

Well, my work on this has been delayed because of my accident, but I am excited that the second version of my EarthCycles calendar project is at last ready! 🎉 This project goes back over a decade to my days painting landscapes in Northwestern Canada, as I tried to...
Busted Moment

Busted Moment

Crossing the street in my neighborhood a month ago, I got hit by a motorcycle. If you haven’t heard from me for a while, well… that would be why. I’ve been down and out, taking a break, with a break. My leg was badly broken, among some other bumps and bruises. The...
Earth Ethic No. 6… At long last!

Earth Ethic No. 6… At long last!

At last– it’s up.  After two months of steady revisions the six earthen ethic essay is published on Medium. This wasn’t just any essay.  This was the laying out of an ecological ethic.  It wasn’t just about my writing, but about my living...
The New Year Unfolds

The New Year Unfolds

Who says we need only see time through the lens of one calendar system that two thousand years old?!  The other day, I printed a major new version of the EarthCycles calendar.   I am really excited about the unfolding 2022 version! Neptune and Uranus included this...
Repaying My Lifetime Plastic Debt

Repaying My Lifetime Plastic Debt

A month ago, my friend Egbert forwarded me a great essay ecological action.  He was trying to persuade me (unsuccessfully) that the word ‘nature’ can be redeemed.  However, essay was so good, I printed it out.  One of the fundamental thesis of the essay...
The Principle of Diversification

The Principle of Diversification

PHEW.  That was the hardest one yet. After four weeks of revisions, my latest Earthen Ethic is now up!  And that’s not counting the weeks to write it.  Ever single day for the last four weeks, I’ve sat down to refine the words and craft the meaning....
Happy Summer Solstice!

Happy Summer Solstice!

Well, it’s the Summer Solstice!  That means that the Earth is half way around it’s orbit of the sun and half around my EarthCycles calendar!  It’s a pretty interesting moment– I am glad for my calendar to mindful of the unfolding planetary...