In 1971 Dr. Helen Caldicott began the work that would become, first, Physicians for Social Responsibility, then, working with others, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. My eldest son was born that year. With her work she helped me protect him and at the same time made a way for me to talk with him and his yet-to-be born ( Read more... )

The little AU: Spring Rains: Indiscretion
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He's out somewhere and hears, on a radio, in a taxi? this poem being read, about Calvin's Theory of Predestination, and the lines that catch him are Yes ( Read more... )

The little AU: autumn dreams: hymnal
slashfairyHe posts poems in obscure dialects: Daffy Duck and Margaret Atwood, The Little Tramp trumping, nearly, his disappointment in, his rage at the machinery of political economics, the economics of non-policy, and watches as the leaves fall from the trees and everything is laid over first white, then grey, and even ( Read more... )

Table of contents for Despair-Work, an essay by Joanna Macy on the weight of the Nuclear Age on each/all of us, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, and some ideas of what can be done for/by each of us to ease that burden.

Part one: Introduction, Ingredients of Despair, Symptoms and Suppressions
Part two: Validation,
Part three: ( Read more... )

Keep the Arts In Public Schools is one of my FaceBook causes.

To support this cause, I'm listing all my Arts for Children books in this note, and promising 10% of profits from each sale to KAIPS.

Arts&Crafts
Make Sculptures (Art and Activities for Kids) by Solga, Kim $3.00
Make Gifts! (Art and Activities for Kids) by Solga, Kim $3.00
How to ( Read more... )

Swine Flu: This is the real deal, according to a friend of mine who's a very experienced infection control nurse.

So, what can you do?
1. Don't panic. Get educated. Be smart. Yes, it's infectious. Yes, it's scary. So be intelligent.

2. WASH YOUR HANDS. Early. Often. I don't usually like anti-bacterial soaps, but right now, I'm carrying Purell Hand ( Read more... )

But then, I have been. Condoleeza Rice Approved Waterboarding in 2002... I don't know, I've never been a terrorist, but I've been a lawful protester and had the crap beaten out of me... I just can't think that adding to the pain improves the situation, ever.

I Love you.

The little AU: Waiting Spring: No-one
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The last time he was that drunk he lost an argument with some barbed wire. This time he's lost an argument with his own sense of maintaining a safe distance between how he feels and where he is.

Fuck it, just -fuck it.

He's worked so hard- so hard- and he's disappointed, frustrated, outraged that it'd ( Read more... )

The little AU: Winter Woven Fine: Longitude
slashfairyIt's Karl who brings it up. It's mostly Karl, who brings things up: He's the one who's ended up with fewer distractions at this point ( Read more... )