Please help fly Kitsap River to Netroots Nation (Updated x2)
I'm not doing this for myself, and I'm looking for a loan, not a gift. My partner, Kitsap River, has been given a ticket to Netroots Nation by a very kind benefactor. But I'm very embarrassed to admit...
View Article350 Climate Action: Water is Power
We believe that life originated in the primordial oceans. For most of geologic history, water was the exclusive domain of living things; only recently (comparatively speaking) have living things made...
View ArticleWhen altruism isn't enough
In an article at Salon Magazine, Frances Kissling writes: The U.N. and the Council of Europe have together issued a new report on the horror of trafficking in human organs. [It] joins a stack of other...
View ArticleA gift of love, tears of joy
Over the past few months, Sara R has been creating a series of "community quilts" bearing messages of healing, support, and love. One of the recipients is my partner, Kitsap River, and we finally...
View ArticleTears of joy tonight
There were tears of joy shed tonight at Paradux Hill, as Kitsap River and I watched history being made. And as we watched and cried together, all we could say was, "Never again."
View ArticleThe bravest person I've ever known: Kitsap River
Pain hurts. Let me be very clear about that: pain hurts. Pain is not just the body's way of saying, "Stop that this instant!" — over the long term it's debilitating, enervating, and several other...
View ArticleWhat have I done to deserve this?
I mean, really… I haven't written a diary in over a year — and that was a paean to Kitsap River in honor of her fiftieth birthday — I almost never write substantive comments, and of late I don't even...
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