Category: Ethics
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The Compass
What gives you direction in life The flow of the universe as it moves through me, the ecosystem, of which you and I and every other living being are integral parts, a continuity of life, its causes and effects, that IS the universe … we are… –LE
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The Dry Season
The Dry Season Dust and sandIn the dry riverbed Cover grasses and shrubsReturned to dormant colorsFlaxen, dull greens, and pale browns No rain or even much dewHumidity all but gone sinceThe latter days of March, too Eager for the coming monsoonsHopefully, before the end of June Spokesmodels, the weather-modelsPredicting imminent rain40%, 60%, 80% chance they…
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Save Our VA – Tucson May Day Protest
Save Our VA – Tucson May Day Protest Four of us held the line this May Day from 6:30am-8:30am at the Ajo gate for the morning shift change. We received even more responses than we have in the previous couple of weeks, between 85%-90%, of those I could see (some had windows so darkly tinted…
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How Fortuneate The Man With None
How Fortunate the Man With Noneby Dead Can Dance You saw sagacious SolomonYou know what came of him,To him complexities seemed plain.He cursed the hour that gave birth to himAnd saw that everything was vain.How great and wise was Solomon.The world however didn’t waitBut soon observed what followed on.It’s wisdom that had brought him to…
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Enigmas
Enigmas no matter how many timesmy motivations explainedthe essence missedor simply ignored intentions assignedexpressions translatederroneouslynot mine other’s agendas creditedas mine, though notarticulated inmy mind – at all what, howmeanings missedaccidentlyintentionally no one listenshear what they want towhat they’ve beenconditioned to interpretation byassumption enigmatic –LE
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Introspection And Identity
Introspection and Identity This is an excerpt from a letter to one of my children who is struggling with questions of identity, dreams, and the reality of where our lives have brought us. Reassessing and wrestling with my identity has been a feature of my adult life and continues to this day. I’m sure that most…
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Past Versions
Past Versions Trying to hold onto past versions of meNothing but undermining mutiniesFond memories sometimes ease anxietiesBut would-a should-a could-a-sGape as empty as the space between galaxies Not always, but too frequentlyFriends and family just don’t seem to notice…See only the me that used to be Perhaps some elements of an older renditionColor, flavor, or…
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Loitering
Loitering Who do you think you aresitting or standing therenot spending any money? Where’s your civic pride?Don’t you knowthe economy can’t survive? People existing withoutputting money back intothe money-poolthat raises all ships… Don’t worryonly those without ships drown. Who do you think you aresitting or standingnot spending money? And don’t pretend you don’thave any… Everybody…
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Last Saturday Morning Ride In April
Last Saturday Morning Ride In April Sun sat at about 40° off the horizonHazy through the folds of cloudsLike rippled veils overheadTree shadows soft and indistinct A couple of Roadrunners crossedOur path, along with a fewMorning doves and SparrowsThat took to the sky as we road by There was a family of Prairie DogsStanding in…
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Save Our VA Tucson Protest – 4/24/26
Three of us held the line at the Tucson VA’s Ajo gate from 6:30-8:00am for the morning shift change. The responses were similar to last week’s, 75%-85%, from what I could see… Some people’s car windows are tinted so dark it’s impossible to see the response or lack thereof through them, especially with the rising…
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