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Becoming Place
When talking about US racism the words colonialism and assimilation are often used interchangeably. Fair enough. After all, the goal of State colonialization is that people, all people, integrate State values as their own. Oppressed and privileged alike learn to accept US ideology, laws, values, and religion as if they are natural. Colonialism is the practice of assimilation—subtle and forced.…
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You—We
clouds held predawn,siblings no longer, sky and earth, become one. before light of distinction imagination unbinds. You. were there. sibling, friend, one of ground,one of sky,bound by ancestors,freed by family. solstice, the fifth season,unfetters the mystical,existence becomes singular. We.are one. imagination is truth,friendship is kinship,siblings one.
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Peace?
Years ago, Katherine introduced me to the concept of negative peace. In the middle of her work at Trinity College in Dublin, she Skyped to talk about Johan Galtung’s concept. The idea of peace being negative or positive had never occurred to me. In simple terms, a negative peace is the absence of violence. Think of a cease fire…
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Trinity: Geese, Herons, Cranes
Fall’s first flight of geese, at least that I’ve noticed, locked up overhead. Autumn’s equinox may have only been three days ago but the air was already making folk a little anxious. Our southern neighbor had just finished chopping 160 acres of corn silage and I’m sure happy to have it out of the field before the…
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Sandhill Equinox
Sandhill Cranes returned to the farm this last week. They’ve been in the valley for the last couple weeks but had not chosen the western pasture until now. I’m not sure the reason, but they continue to prefer the west pasture to the eastern hay field. Overall, the size of one to the other is not much different. Yet,…
Chewing the Cud 