Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

June 28 2015 WHY I AM A VEGETARIAN It all started more than 40 years ago: 1972 I believe. I had bought a book by Lappé, I forget her first name, but remember the title: Diet for a small Planet. … Continue reading →

JUNE 21 2015 LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT Every night, before I go to bed, I make sure our outside door is locked, even though it has a lock that will only keep an honest person out. Not that … Continue reading →

JUNE 15 2015 MORE OF MY MUSINGS ON MONDIAL TERMINATION OK. The title is a bit artificially construed for the simple reason that I wanted to continue the alliteration, just having a bit of literary fun. It’s not hard to … Continue reading →

June 7 2015 SLEEPWALKING into UNPRECEDENTED, ALL-ENCOMPASSING COLLAPSE Christopher Clark wrote a book with the title The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914. In it he traced how mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals led to a war that … Continue reading →

May 31 2015 FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES. Almost everybody knows that there is something like The Lord’s Prayer. In our church reciting it is routine, introduced as the prayer the Lord taught us. I don’t think that the Lord really … Continue reading →

PRETENSE MAY 24 2015 Or is it PRETENCE? That too is acceptable because the one with the “S” is American while the one with the “C” is English. In Canada both versions are current because we not only are a … Continue reading →