Despair and Personal Power in the Trump Age
Environment, Green and Sustainable Living, LGBTQ, The Smoking Wall, Wellness, Community Darla Baker Environment, Green and Sustainable Living, LGBTQ, The Smoking Wall, Wellness, Community Darla Baker

Despair and Personal Power in the Trump Age

In the wake of this election, I've been thinking a lot about Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age. The book, written by Joanna Macy was published in 1983 by New Society Publishers. A dear friend gave it to me sometime in the early 90s.

I think it's time for a revised edition,  Despair and Personal Power in the Trump Age. What do you think?

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Blame It On An Arachnid
Community, Environment, LGBTQ, Writing Darla Baker Community, Environment, LGBTQ, Writing Darla Baker

Blame It On An Arachnid

A year ago, a demon who had been chasing me for eight months finally caught me.

I was in Texas at the time, somewhere between San Antonio and Austin, attending the funeral of a dear friend and co-worker.

I sometimes wonder where denial resides. Because, even though I know for certain I was in denial, I was aware something was wrong. I knew the excuses I was making for the growing list of symptoms was bullshit. And yet I persisted.

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Environment Darla Baker Environment Darla Baker

Take Part: The Cove

The Secret is Out. Spread the Word. The Cove exposes the slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in Taiji, Japan every year, and how their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan and other parts of Asia, often labeled as whale meat. The majority of the world is not aware this is happening as the Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. The focus of the Social Action Campaign for The Cove is to create worldwide awareness of this annual practice as well as the dangers of eating seafood contaminated with mercury and to pressure those in power to put an end to the slaughter.

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