Monthly Archives: November 2019

The brutes are closing in and shutting down broadcasting, newspapers and what has remained of democracy. It is a coup, which has been gestating for an indeterminate time, but which has emerged into adulthood with extreme rapidity. In much of … Continue reading →

Since my teenage years I’ve retained the following unshakeable certainty: that seriousness is an attitude we adopt, when we have a need to remove thought. . I think that other species can summon it too – for the posturing of … Continue reading →

We can find sufficient solar, hydro & wind energy for the current needs of the electricity grid, but for the new needs of domestic and commercial heat and of manufacturing (ceramics, smelting…) – we’ve not a hope in hell unless … Continue reading →

While we are busy, building real economic islands on the common, we are hindered and distracted by the contrary powers of enclosure – so we must also engage with those powers. . In that engagement we must remember that our … Continue reading →

This is expanded from a conversation with my virtual friend Michelle Gambia about the pleasures we find in necessary hiding places from the truth. Michelle writes with a beautifully clear eye. https://www.animasoul.org/2019/10/20/the-speech/ . You’ll often find me hiding in the … Continue reading →