What do we tell the kids? Something like that, Caitlin.
I believe that something powerful, primordial and unstoppable inside us all is waking up, and will crack the oppression we're under like eggshells under our feet.
And we have to record this history in a way that warns future generations so they will never, ever allow anything like these times to occur again.
The world is changing in front of our eyes. All the deception and destruction that we have endured concerning the ME is slowly being dealt with by steady hands with a vision: China and Russia watch closely. The nations of the world are intertwined. Iran, as the best example, is not alone.
The USA bases are being destroyed and the radar eyes and ears are going blind and deaf. This may well not be the end of the war, but Iran is made of stern stuff. It will outlast whatever is thrown at it and come out better in many ways. The USA is facing a weapons stock deficit but Iran is not. The USA cannot control the Strait. Ansarallah has entered the fray.
With the USA and EU facing severe energy troubles of its own making something will have to give soon. It won't be Iran. An economic retrenchment will have effects we can't see yet.
People who didn't "get it" before are starting to see much better. There's a long way to go but we're getting closer. Cooperation between all countries that extend a hand is the only way through. It may take a hard and painful fall first to bring that point home. The world is at a pivotal point. It will never be perfect but it's finally moving in the right direction. Let this play out for awhile.
""It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair".
I stared at a tree by the lake today. It seemed to be messaging me. Later, a bald eagle landed in it, and its child lost a fledging feather that landed by my feet. TY Caitlin & Tim and all. Fuck Israel and supporters. Help Wanted.
When I need to find a little hope (which is every day) I go to explore.org and watch the bears in Katmai Park at Brooks Falls in Alaska. They have returned again this year. Sometimes with their cubs. And there are still lots of salmon. And they are still getting fatter. And I just hope that, even if humans disappear, they will not.
Perhaps you might enjoy this poem about Katmai, I wrote some years ago. It won a prize in the Proverse International Poetry competition, 2016, and is published in the anthology.
A black bear ran across my yard yesterday by the apple trees and I regret it scared me and I it. Be afraid. A new world is possible. Help Wanted . When Palestine is free we will be.
If the truth had followed their desires, the heavens and the earth and all that is in them would have been corrupted. Rather, We have brought them their reminder, but they are turning away from their reminder.
I love this. I too have a Parenti scented face. I went down a deep dive of Gnosticism a few years ago, needing a break from bloodshed and predatory markets. While many of the tour guides pushed an apolitical analysis of it all, I had heard Kandioronk's critique: "preserving your soul in capitalism is like preserving it at the bottom of a lake", and I am sure more of us can read between the lines than when these stories were first discovered.
What do we tell the kids? Something like that, Caitlin.
I believe that something powerful, primordial and unstoppable inside us all is waking up, and will crack the oppression we're under like eggshells under our feet.
And we have to record this history in a way that warns future generations so they will never, ever allow anything like these times to occur again.
The world is changing in front of our eyes. All the deception and destruction that we have endured concerning the ME is slowly being dealt with by steady hands with a vision: China and Russia watch closely. The nations of the world are intertwined. Iran, as the best example, is not alone.
The USA bases are being destroyed and the radar eyes and ears are going blind and deaf. This may well not be the end of the war, but Iran is made of stern stuff. It will outlast whatever is thrown at it and come out better in many ways. The USA is facing a weapons stock deficit but Iran is not. The USA cannot control the Strait. Ansarallah has entered the fray.
With the USA and EU facing severe energy troubles of its own making something will have to give soon. It won't be Iran. An economic retrenchment will have effects we can't see yet.
People who didn't "get it" before are starting to see much better. There's a long way to go but we're getting closer. Cooperation between all countries that extend a hand is the only way through. It may take a hard and painful fall first to bring that point home. The world is at a pivotal point. It will never be perfect but it's finally moving in the right direction. Let this play out for awhile.
""It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair".
- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the worst of times, then it got worse."
Oi, raise the Pessimism scale?
I stared at a tree by the lake today. It seemed to be messaging me. Later, a bald eagle landed in it, and its child lost a fledging feather that landed by my feet. TY Caitlin & Tim and all. Fuck Israel and supporters. Help Wanted.
Excellent.
Lots of people need to hear this.
When I need to find a little hope (which is every day) I go to explore.org and watch the bears in Katmai Park at Brooks Falls in Alaska. They have returned again this year. Sometimes with their cubs. And there are still lots of salmon. And they are still getting fatter. And I just hope that, even if humans disappear, they will not.
Perhaps you might enjoy this poem about Katmai, I wrote some years ago. It won a prize in the Proverse International Poetry competition, 2016, and is published in the anthology.
White Water
Mother bear’s alone with her cubs at riverside.
The drop at the falls is half what it was.
Foaming white water
where salmon and bears collect
is now neck-deep and empty.
Much effort to brace against the wake of
the crazed, unstoppable current.
Perhaps the rest have tired,
eaten enough, taken a chance
to hone up on hibernation skills.
Bears will waken and return.
These spawning salmon past their peak
will not.
Soon the summer run will end.
Rivers’ flow without end.
Does the river hibernate in the sea?
Does it rest in the deeps
till it’s time to rise again?
Will the seas rise?
Will bears wake in winter dark?
Will the ice melt?
Will the Pacific circle of salmon
come round again?
Will we know when we’ve seen the last one?
Will we wake up alone?
Will we
Wake up
A black bear ran across my yard yesterday by the apple trees and I regret it scared me and I it. Be afraid. A new world is possible. Help Wanted . When Palestine is free we will be.
The child in me needed to hear this right now.
“The old world is dying and the new world is struggling to be born, now is the time of monsters” - Antonio Gramsci.
Focus Unite
We Are Mighty!
If the truth had followed their desires, the heavens and the earth and all that is in them would have been corrupted. Rather, We have brought them their reminder, but they are turning away from their reminder.
(23-71)
I particularly liked ....."its eyes full of primordial déjà vu,"
I love this. I too have a Parenti scented face. I went down a deep dive of Gnosticism a few years ago, needing a break from bloodshed and predatory markets. While many of the tour guides pushed an apolitical analysis of it all, I had heard Kandioronk's critique: "preserving your soul in capitalism is like preserving it at the bottom of a lake", and I am sure more of us can read between the lines than when these stories were first discovered.
You see that This
could never be contained
yes, this we are within up to the top of our brainpans,
and spilling out
Brilliant and inspiring! Thank you Caitlin.
I am delighting in Caitlin's turn to signaling our inner strength rather than our hopelessness.
it signals a shift in her mood and perspective that can inspire all of us, even as we argue and split hairs.