President Obama’s DOE released a nuclear weapons stewardship plan as part of its 2010-2011 budget that manages to spend more money on fewer warheads. Or will there be fewer? Because along with reducing the nuclear arsenal 40-50 percent (but with budget numbers $2 billion higher than for the full arsenal) it includes an additional $8 [...]
Archive for July, 2010
new nukes for a rainy day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, community, news on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
age is a lot like yesterday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, thoughts on July 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was my grandson’s 5th birthday party. I asked him if he was excited to be five. He gave a little shrug and said, “Um, ya see, it’s a lot like being four.”
it’s about the friends you walk with
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, community, My Life, nonviolence, Nonviolent Peaceforce on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a video I took at the 2006 International Assembly of Nonviolent Peaceforce in Nairobi Kenya. Nobel Peace Laureate & NP supporter Mairead Maguire led us in a tree planting ceremony at the end of the gathering. (Sorry for the big flickr label, just click play.) Mairead is a warm, generous and wise woman. [...]
dissolving into completeness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, My Life on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I found another quote, this time written in a black and white faux marbled mini-notebook that I bought at Walgreen’s a few years ago, three for a dollar. I almost remember watching a c-span show about Willa Cather and scrambling to find something to write the quote in. Found a page in the middle of [...]
