These songs of freedom. Redemption song.Bob Marley It’s the season. Spring. Close to the equinox – that moment when day and night balance their time. When winter lets go its weary grip happy, as most of us are, to let dormancy give way to the impulses of sprouts. I’m spending these transitional days in Montana – a place of bold crownings of grape hiacynth, fuzzy promises of catkins. And tomorrow is the day recognized by Christians… Read More

Then there’s the tendency time has for cascading. I was pretty amazed this morning to see how long it’s been since I’ve written a blog here. I know there’s been a lot of life going on. Good stuff, bad stuff. In the former, there’s this: Gary and I have been able to put good effort into making our work together more real – accessible – more out there in the world. We’ve… Read More

January 21, 2009, the day after the inauguration of the first Obama administration, I took off driving – south, then east, then north, then back west. I was interested in listening to everyday people. I wanted to know what they meant when they said that word – especially public in the preceding months – CHANGE. My goal was 100 voices in the first 100 days. Voices across as broad a range of… Read More