Jul 31, 2016 | Analysis, Direct Action Journal, Essays
This year’s Fourth of July week grew in horror as it passed. Each day brought new nightmares that struck me at a dizzying pace. By the end of the week, after I decided I was sick of weeping, I turned off the television, shut my Facebook tab, and remembered that the...
Jun 23, 2016 | Essays, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
The Swamp Cedars in Spring Valley, Nevada have grown long memories. They stand on the valley floor under the bright Great Basin stars where the skies are still unspoiled by the encroaching glow of electricity. Beneath the trees’ branches, the blue petals of wild...
Jun 8, 2016 | Direct Action Journal, Essays
If fear is the mind killer, guilt is the heart killer. Experiencing guilt creates a wound. The wound is healed when the behavior producing the guilt is rectified. The scar that forms over the wound serves as a reminder to guide future behavior. Living in a state of...
Jun 7, 2016 | Interviews, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
June 5, 2016: I was interviewed by Derrick Jensen about Pinyon-Juniper Forests for his Resistance Radio show on the Progressive Radio Network.
May 14, 2016 | Direct Action Journal, Essays
Another episode with anxiety knocks me to my bedroom floor. Rational thought forsakes me. My body shakes with the strangled sobs of a man ashamed of his tears. Alicia bends over me. Her dark brown eyes – normally calm with the consistent rationality...
Mar 25, 2016 | Essays, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
After two months of struggling to write anything coherent about pinyon-juniper forests, I was on the verge of giving up. Members of the group I am campaigning with to stop pinyon-juniper deforestation began brainstorming about applying for grants to support the...