Chewing the Cud

  • The One-Drop Rule, Racial Classification, and Identity

    November 8, 2015 Remember the one-drop rule? No? Well, either did I until the use of it became common in my life. If yours is a US education, you probably heard the one-drop rule mentioned during your high school US History class. However, how much did any of retain two weeks after finishing high school…

  • Zucchini’s Cunning Effort to Populate Creation

    November 1, 2015 Early in the spring we put out three zucchini plants and two crookneck. More plants than we normally plant, but we figured we would get through them just fine. However, a freeze came along. Figuring the plants had died, we put in five more. The days were busy in the spring and…

  • Sipping Tea on a Dog Chewing Autumn Afternoon

    October 22, 2015 The last sun tea is on the porch. If there was any doubt last week, there is not this week, it is autumn. Cool morning temperatures and the leaves are changing color. Two trees are already bare—looking naked next to those full of leaf—and irrigation ditches are dry. Fall speaks to the…

  • White Culture and the Hard Conversation of Racism

    (council.seattle.gov) October 18, 2015 US racism—the oppression of American Indians and People of Color—is one of the hardest conversations a US person will ever have. For while most folk born in the US learn (from people) and develop a mindset that resists racist values, they also live in a systemic culture that invites them to…

  • End Government Days of False Honor and Reclaim Soil’s Family

    October 11, 2015 Funny (in a non-funny way) how many people and State governments have learned a flag (Confederate) has the ability to destroy justice and people and that there is integrity of removing it from the public life, but continue to hold on to and honor a day ruin—Columbus Day. Some are going to…