At full tilt on a passion project. Some might say "windmill tilt", but we think there is hope for change in art. Join us?

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Consider the moral consequences of this economic policy. We can't grow our own coffee in the US. We need global markets for our soy and corn. Farmers -- and children! -- in both countries go hungry, if we don't work together. Even Ronald Reagan supported free global trade. It fosters peace.

How about a break from politics? I'm excited to share that our new website and trailer is up for President of Beauty, our documentary about saxophone great Lester Young. We're nearing completion! Please check it out, sign up for the newsletter, and pass the word? www.PresidentofBeauty.com

"I Know That Voice"
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That tracks.

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

Bravo. The editorial board of the NY Times pulls no punches in its call for Adams's resignation. And I respect the principled resistance of the Manhattan’s U.S. attorney's team.

How are you keeping your heart light without losing your will to engage with the issues that matter to you?

Here's a thing I do.

When Canada don't like you -- and she likes everyone...

"Superheroes should challenge us. Batman’s challenge to us is not to ask us what we’d be willing to do to fight injustice. It’s to ask us what we’d be unwilling to do. It’s to demand that we take a principled stand and to truly stand by it, even when it’s agonizing to hold onto."

Archaeopteryx is my spirit animal. (I like its German name better: Urvogel.) Chagrinned by my childhood error of mistaking a heron for a Pterodactyl, I have accepted that a heron is actually an Urvogel that has lost its sense of "humor".

Stay open to beauty.
Awe really fuels up my tank.

This blows my mind. Support Alt National Park Service. They are doing the good work of protecting our valuable institutions and resources.

The only mandate in any US election is The Constitution.

Claims to the contrary constitute an effort to grab more power than was lawfully granted. Exercise of unlawful power violates the oath of office.

We must stop normalizing this conversation. There is no mandate for tyranny.

Opinion piece from Chuck Hegel, former Secretary of Defense. Worth a read.

"Political independence and ethics are the bedrock of our military. Today, I am concerned that both are in danger."

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If I could give reasons for hope, then you'd have reason to rely on and wouldn't need hope. Hope shrugs at certain death, looks you in the face with love and says, "I've got you". You close your eyes, fall into her arms and, well, hope she really does. When reason fails, hope prevails. I hope.

On days with thick grey cloud cover and no silver linings, it helps to remind myself that above all the dryer-lint dreck, the sun still shines.

Layers of light seen while trying to capture shooting stars.