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sestina on returning
I left the place that I once called my home
To grow I found it must be for the best
Until I took a step I saw no path
To old familiar haunts I said farewell
Desire drove me on without a rest
Through wind and rain, sunshine and cloud and snow
What did I learn embattled in the snow
Of hubris and humility and home?
From sunup til sundown we took no rest
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Ouch
Holy shit, I think that actually was an abusive relationship.
And as in all such cases, you don't let yourself see it, not while it's happening. It's taken me nearly two months, and really, it's only now that she's trying to pretend the breakup wasn't a huge, traumatic incident; is continuing to attempt to emotionally manipulate me--okay, scratch ( Read more... ) -
Last Night As I Was Sleeping
Last night as I was sleeping ( Read more... ) -
intentional communities - shall we begin? (Draft)
There are a lot of people in my life suddenly who are talking about intentional communities again. I've been talking about and visiting them now since about 2004, and I think I'm ready to get over my cynicism and instigate something. Sometime this winter, let's get 50 people in the Northeast together and talk about our hopes, dreams, similarities ( Read more... ) -
Favorite words and idiomatic phrases
Mostly for Anna, who appreciates the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ( Read more... ) -
Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke
Not satisfied with any one translation, I've compiled one. My German is flimsier than wet paper, but it's clear that in trying to be unique or poetic, some of the power of the original was lost. Only one I found tried to keep her rhyme though, so I didn't worry much about that, either; I'll leave that to the truely bilingual ( Read more... ) -
To Be Censored, Effectively Challenge the Dominant Paradigm
The following is what I posted in a thread titled "Permaculture Should Profit" on the Permies.com forum"Until you posted, Milton, I thought I was going to have to be the one to raise that question: What is profit ( Read more... ) -
first draft - fleshing out the conversation on consent and care
I've written criticisms before of the dialogue regarding rape culture in progressive and left-leaning social networks. In the past, it's been about the placement of consent before desire and excitement ("no means no" vs. "yes means yes") in the social relations we carry out--mostly a failure of framing, I now believe. Recently, though, I've been ( Read more... ) -
home
I don't know if what this turns into will be something that I share with everyone; I only chose to write here because I left my journal at work on Friday, but perhaps these ideas are worth sharing ( Read more... ) -
birthdays
Just a note to self: Your 30th birthday was amazing. There was a party, with harp and fiddle and drum; cuddling on the individual and group scale; meditating on the blessings of darkness; and no sleep til dawn with half a dozen people out of almost 20 who blessed you with their presence and thanked you for the privilege. Then you got up the next ( Read more... )