Incarceration rates were waaaaaay lower “in times past,” including when Alcatraz was a prison

Ash Wednesday mood

No idea what I was actually doing here, but it makes me think about stopping to smell the roses. Trying to keep my news/socials to brief stops. The prickly outrage I feel is worth some time and attention. But there are other things to smell, taste, touch, hear, and see, too

I’m reading Samantha Harvey’s Orbital now. It’s suiting me and my personal moment to a T: Truth and beauty and wisdom for this global moment, too. What a beautiful book. Here’s the sky tonight where I am.

Above all else, yesterday was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s day. His call was to active non-violent resistance. People often remember the non-violent part but ignore the active resistance part