Going Hokey

If the Israelis can remember the ways of Yahweh, and make peace with the Palestinians, that would be the best.

Only fairness, prosperity, peace work. Anything else will compromise its beneficiaries in trying to uphold it, and will still fail.

The two big shortfalls of WesternCivilization--racism and "subdue the earth,"--tore across the American continent. But there's hope.

Good results take time-- in personal health and the work of the mind, and for nations regarding peace.

Notes: The idea of allowing an invading army in to your country, and not fighting, but loving them right back home, over time, came from Daniel Berrigan.

Natural therapies, nutrition--organic, locally-sourced, a lesser impact on the planet. Exercise, community, sex, (and that coming from a conservative Catholic!), love, marriage, kids.

I ran into old friends who wouldn't leave, and I felt I'm making progress. North America is one interconnected place. every life matters. Skin color of US americans doesn't matter. Change is normal and good. Let's get comfortable with the nation and region that we are.

Authentic speech--that is, backed by your life, lives by "a little goes a long way."

If we are going to be married, we are going to treat each other well.

The world needs to be flexible and open right now for this new world of immigration and climate change.

Happiness, according to the Finns, is being in nature, simplicity, community.

Do we take down the Christmas tree already?!

The opulence over on this side of town feels grinding, knowing what the other side of town looks like.

which means that he is here. Some ideas for the benefit of our nation and region.

...where the subconscious can hear--something sweet, that lingers.

He liked acclaim as a means to leadership.

The first time I hiked there, I met an old man, strong as an ox, friendly.  His house became a destination for us hikers.

Keillor shows us how folks in small-town Minnesota handle matters of conscience, and your host as well goes way back with the Almightly in matters of right and wrong.  In central Minnesota and central Mexico, things can turn suddenly explosive.

Brilliant musician, eternal hero, my own private encourager; we take him as he was and is.

Away from protecting each other from threats, to acting from the awareness that every life matters.

Rock and roll renews the spirit.

Spritiuality and sexuality can overlap now and then.

Would Barry Gibb have said to Mohandus Gandhi, "...with all your jive talking?"

His life was magical.  What about mine?

I eat leftovers. My family goes for KFC.

We can do this, and we have to.  This podcast is based on an article found at https://en.reset.org/knowledge/circular-economy-10172016  .  A Thank You to author Valentin Greggersen and Reset.

To have recognized the beauty within

The book Reflections for a New Millenium has something to say.

Good advice:  If it doesn't get worse than this, I can stand it.

Join Biden and Harris with our activism... on ourselves.

What must he have said in that first sermon?

A family sits there for hours.

So much depends on a child looking over his father's shoulder.

This podcast series will reach out to liberals in the US and conservatives alike.  Also, my decadent dessert last night.

Our mother held a spoon over her spread of marvelous food the way a conductor holds a wand.

I talk about a North Dakota childhood.

With this iinitial session, I tell of an old friend, and give you an idea of where I want to journey with you on this podcast.