Old Ones Dream

"Taking Action on Climate Change Requires Coming Together" by David Korten

"The current failed system dehumanizes us all — including the rich — and threatens the future of all our children. Our viability as a species depends on reshaping our relationships with one another and Earth. This requires new ethically grounded choices relating to culture, institutions, technology and infrastructure consistent with... Read more →

Living On Virus Time

I sit in the dark with my morning coffee and I ruminate - and I smile. It has become a useful habit for me. I watch the lights come on across the valley of the East Fork. I imagine the heat sources rumbling and the water heaters hissing. Then the... Read more →

Burns, Oregon: Sanctuary for Paranoia, and Ignorance

Solitude, Industry and Lonely Work Those who work and take care of animals (cattle, horses and sheep) on family owned ranches in the Western United States often do so outdoors alone and many miles from home in the worst weather. This environment cultivates introspection and individualism. These owner operators and... Read more →

Out Beyond Senator Sanders and Senator Cruz . . . and The Donald

Out Beyond Senator Sanders and Senator Cruz . . . Each of us is free to choose our friends but not our siblings, as my brothers and sisters are quick to remind me. My middle brother is a Conservative Republican who defends his choice for President saying that his only... Read more →

The Great War for Civilization - Centennial of a Calamity

June 28, 2014 - One hundred years ago today in Sarajevo, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated. By early August, Germany had declared war on Russia and France, and had invaded Belgium. Scientific American magazine, on August 15, 1914, had this to say. “It is very... Read more →

Sunday Column: Be careful with this place… | Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Jesse Veeder is a fourth generation member of a ranching family in the western part of North Dakota, in the middle of the Bakken oil shale formation, who has returned home to live on the ranch. She is a singer song writer, and writer. She has a big heart and... Read more →

James Surowiecki: Russia’s Unconventional Weapon: Natural Gas : The New Yorker

According to James, Vladimir Putin, the "Geopolitical Grandmaster", may not be thinking enough moves ahead. I agree with a lot of the points of his analysis. Read more →