Claiming Our Power-O Thank you Canada
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No doubt USA will hurt financially by Canada's courage to seek new alignments but...WE/the WORLD WHO CARES, is GAINING a template for moving forward with newfound integrity, based in shared values and sustainability worth far more than the status quo. Integrity that is ESSENTIAL to life continuing on this earth. Thank you O Canada/Prime Minister for speaking truth to power that wants to keep us powerfess...and taking action per your POWER of INTEGRITY. Invaluable for all of us who are also "middle powers" daring to make a shift.
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Defying AND Embracing GRAVITY
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Elphaba, the so-called "wicked witch" of the movie Wicked, Part One, dares to follow her own integrity, her own SELF, rather than compromise her values, her talent, her personhood. Even though it means leaping into the unknown. "Something has changed within me," she sings. When have each of us dared to change our understanding of something, of ourselves, when our integrity is at stake?
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Declaration of INTERDEPENDENCE 2025
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Exerpts and commentary of the Declaration of Independence were uppermost in many social media posts the week of July 4, understandably. What kept firing in me is how imperative it is—actually it is incumbent upon us as citizens of USA, to reflect on what the words in that document mean, if/how they serve the common good--that is, serve ALL of us including earth, air, water, all creation—and what more could those words mean or what other words might further us in our cause of viable shared life? Let's talk Resources: Heather Cox Richardson podcast Adam Kinzinger on BlueSky app Born...
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Resist and Unite: an "Easter" and every day reflection
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Friday: commemoration of 250 years since start of American Revolution; Saturday: No King Day of Action; Sunday: it's Easter... This podcast includes sharing an excerpt from Heather Cox-Richarsdson's incredible reflections at Boston's Old North Church on April 19, 2025.
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Wicked - Part One: Deception NO MORE!
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Waking up to deception is gut wrenching. It can also be activating. That's what the current Wicked Move Part One did for me. Activation that's now unstoppable in catapulting me to speak up, stand up, even louder than the day before.
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OUR 14 billion year NEW WAY FORWARD
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Can there possibly be a way forward at all, and can there possibly be a NEW WAY? Resources quoted: Mammals Who Morph, part of Jennifer Morgan's Universe Story Trilogy which includes: Born With a Bang, From Lava to Life, Mammals Who Morph The INK newsletter by Anand Giridharadas LEE - historical drama directed by Ellen Kuras
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Politics Part Three: Chaos and Supernovas
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Politics, chaos and supernovas: what could they possibly have to do with each other? What could they possibly have to do with us?
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Politics Part Two: Listening with Interest
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Fooling myself that politics wasn’t for me, or that keeping silent about politics was no big deal, was a disservice to me, to every person in the country, and to the earth.
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Politics Part One: Reclaiming the USA Flag
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What does the USA Flag mean to you? And what action(s) does it, or could it, inspire in you? Note: if you are interested in being part of this conversation in a way that furthers liberty and justice for us all, including the earth, you can reach me at: .
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Human Beings, or Human Becomings?
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Human Becomings--calling forth inherent evolutionary possibilities that are ours to become more and more...
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