My husband, Colin Hillstrom, has a very good point: As long as we are preoccupied with the ‘argument’ of whether global warming is human caused or part of an epic and ongoing cycle natural to nature … we miss the point. We miss the point that very real and massively consequential shifts are taking place as we breathe. Shifts that, if we do not heed their warning signals, could result in our species’ entire extinction – a Continue Reading
It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way – Part 2
This is the apparent opposite of how we in our culture currently live. We cannot survive without the infrastructures of our society and the skills of countless other people. At the same time so many of us feel disenfranchised and purposeless. How can we remedy this? Begin to rediscover your survival skills: Learn how to garden, how to build a fire, how to create a natural shelter, how to collect fresh water, how to bury Continue Reading
It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way – Part 1
When I was a young child, I had many insights. I still do. One of my earliest insights arose from a deep, embodied discomfort with how the world is. Before I knew language to describe adult systems I knew that, "It doesn't have to be this way." One of my early childhood Visions / Knowings was this: We would experience complete global harmony if everyone contributed their gifts. And in exchange for everyone Continue Reading