Brainless, Impersonal, Implacable

Dark clouds over the Caribbean, Chicxulub beach July 21, 2021

No common is possible unless we refuse to base our life and our reproduction on the suffering of others, unless we refuse to see ourselves as separate from them. Indeed, if commoning has any meaning, it must be the production of ourselves as a […]

July 28th, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Book Reviews, History, Nature and Me, Technology?, Work and The Economy | One comment

Forests Are Family, Too!

An ancient Douglas Fir near the Russian River

The title of this post echoes the post from February about plant sentience for reasons that will become clear. I’ve always loved forests. I say that with the caveat that I’m quite sure nature is trying to kill me. In an ocean, I’m never relaxed, fully […]

July 22nd, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Book Reviews, History, Nature and Me | One comment

Biden Our Time?

Waiting in line for the vaccine at SF General Hospital, late February 2021.

I was just talking to a friend who said something like, “maybe with Biden it’ll get better,” referring to housing or senior care or food quality or… I can’t remember what it was. But I have heard this sentiment plenty of […]

March 18th, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Book Reviews, General Musings, History, Nature and Me, San Francisco news, Work and The Economy | One comment
 
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