Getting Credit Where Credit is Do

I kind of

love

that

Trump

is hocking

Teslas

to his

base.

Hardly

shocking

as the

mocking

of libs

now taking

dibs

on the EV

car

that has

so far

transformed

the American

auto

industry,

forcing

the history

of fossil

fuel

combustible

engines

to reinvent

if not

the wheel,

then the

real

possibility

of environmentally

cleaner

driving.

Once

the province

of mostly

progressives,

now the

MAGA

obsessives

are trying

to help

the other

aggressive

billionaire —

the richest

man on

the planet,

the unelected

co-president,

who still

wants to

be a

bazillionaire.

It’s fair

and sensible

to protest

the indefensible,

much less

the incomprehensible,

but I’m kind

of glad

that the ones

who once

saw the

Tesla

as a liberal

symbol

are nimble

enough

to huff

and puff

about

now choosing

an electric

(well,

a specific)

vehicle.

Let’s not

forget

the climate

crisis

is environmental;

our natural

world

needs all

the help

it can get.

Tell your

reps

to vote

for EV

and clean

energy
tax credits.

Change of Life

Get rid of our Tesla.

Get rid of our Kindle.

Drive much

much further

than Whole Foods,

which is closer

than the other

grocer.

Get rid

of delivery

from Amazon

Prime,

though

I can’t find

basic stuff

as there

isn’t enough

stock;

and what is

present,

locked

away

in every

brick

and mortar

store.

Get off

Facebook,

so the Zuch

can’t monetize

what I publicize

only to

my friends.

The ends

may justify

the means

against

the mean

guys,

but I realize

the compromise

has already

given them

the prize.

Blue Sky’s

attraction

as the alternative

faction

needs

to be

fun,

which,

in the long

run,

is why

we comply

in the

viral

virtual

spaces.

Meanwhile,

with traces

of plastic

everywhere

in everything

we are consuming

and doing,

abandoning

plastic

may seem

drastic,

but it’s fantastic

to think

we’ll not sink

further,

as we murder

our only

home.

Our way

of life

that you

see dismantling

quickly

by Elon’s

Department

of Government

Efficiency

is theatrical

cruelty

and insufficiency,

when

the way we

live

is also

driven

corporately.

The real

collusion

is the intrusion

of his

and his

and his………

businesses

in our government

when they

have no

business

doing so.

These seemingly

adolescent

guys

with whom

we’re forced

to compromise,

have their

eyes

on the prize

of unending

wealth

and power.

But they

won’t stay

fertile

forever.

Their periods

will stop.

They’ll get

the sweats,

as is characteristic

of the climacteric

time.

Past

their prime,

they’ll decline,

but we must

begin

to refine

and change

the way we

engage

while

they’re on

and in

the current

stage.

Reservations Confirmed

I try to imagine

the equivalent,

and I’m ambivalent

at best.

I try

to be fair

as I try

not to stare

at what

looks like

a precipice.

I have grave

reservations

about

what’s ahead,

when the future

head

of defense

is on defense

while evidence

points

to questionable

conscience.

It’s not

rocket science

to be in

compliance

with the chief

of defiance

and greed.

The demagogue

will be installed

to an enthralled

half

of the nation.

Among my

reservations,

are tariffs

and deportations,

incompetence,

and cruelty

throughout

the administration.

Confirmation

hearings

are media

sensations.

This theatrical

viewing

of political

screwing

by the cynical

to the critical,

seems more

kabuki-like

than before.

The qualification

for the new

administration

is disruption

(and corruption)

without

having to pay.

To say

I have

reservations

beyond

protestations

is confirming

my polite

squirming

and yelping.

Real people

need helping.

Assurances

without

insurance is

ridiculous,

yet the outrageous

persists

despite

conflicts

of interests.

Meanwhile,

as LA

is still

in a hurricane

of fire,

an insane

situation

for any administration,

my reservations

have been

confirmed

once again,

as the verbal

arsonist

provokes

and stokes

while folks

have literally

lost everything.

It’s sickening.

and terrifying,

but ordinary

citizens

are helping

and you

too

can be

among

us.

FInd ways

to donate,

and contribute

to help

those most

in need.

Our reservations

confirmed,

don’t just yelp;

Find ways

to help.

Gulf Club

A deep ravine

between

sides

abides

enflaming,

blaming,

renaming

gulfs.

Engulfed

in fire,

raging

politcal

and actual,

as of now

uncontainable

and utterly

unsustainable,

what

are you doing

to be helpful?

The worst

disaster of the

catastrophe

era

in which

we live

in fear

is here.

Renaming

gulfs

as flames

engulf

LA,

while some

sneer

at the wealthy

who have lost

their homes,

and others

blame

diversity

policy

in the current

polity-

this climate

calamity

is a conflagration

of such

enormity

and each

abnormality

is a part

of the new

normal.

Meanwhile,

How’s Your Weather?

Learn to see

the forest

through trees,

behind

the curtain,

certain,

while consumption

without assumption

of consequence

or sequence

of events

systemic,

seemingly

endemic

in our culture,

ignoring

nature

in danger,

due to

the illusion

of control.

Learn to see

blindspots;

hot spots

of regions

and reasons

for how we

unintentionally

perpetuate

this state

of climate

crisis

for us

which

we may not

be able

to reverse,

could relieve

this perverse

curse

of disconnection

between

decisions

and ramifications.

We have

solutions;

paths that

we’ve proved

to behoove

us.

Technology

and policy

combined

with the necessity

of accountability,

helps us solve

what we’ve

yet to resolve

without

yet

being able

to see

clearly.

We need

the creativity

and participation

of everybody.

Use your

resources

and proclivities

for activities

where

the priorities

engage

others

to bother

to do

than weather

current

conditions.

A New Habit for Humanity

I endured hurricanes

and horrible rains

for many, many years.

But the fears

I have

from my

current perch

as Helene

then Milton

top the Google

before,

during,

and after

landfall,

all

point to

whether

we will

whether

the weather

together.

It feels

surreal

to witness

such storms

over

and over

without

pleas

for policies

for these

emergencies

that are crises

each week.

We used

to seek

solutions

for pollution

and violence,

the environment,

and toxic waste.

But our taste

has changed

for the worse;

and our climate

has changed

for the worse.

We are so blind

and unkind

to our world.

But I know you

would do

something

if you

could,

and you should,

so would

you…?

go to

https://www.climateactionnow.com/

I thank you

in advance

for taking

a chance

with me

to enhance

your citizenry

and get

opportunities

to support

policies

to mitigate

the climate emergency

we are ALL

in.

There is no

climate

haven

now,

but there

are solutions

for how

to mitigate

the worst

effects.

So many

facets

to our

climate

problems,

from clothing

to agriculture

to fossil fuels

to our plastic

culture;

carbon capture,

and diet shifts

among

other pivots

are available.

Disaster relief

won’t dismantle

the belief

that we

don’t need

to change

course.

This is

the time,

so grab

it:

A new habit

for humanity

to live

more environmentally

sustainably.

https://www.climateactionnow.com/

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Triage

No more

space

in the emergency

room

filled

with demanding

needs

commanding

immediate

attention.

Rarely a mention

of the ailing

failing,

yet still

magnificent

grande

dame,

mother

to all,

left

aside

hiding

in plain

sight,

frighteningly

sick

but still

looks good

until

she storms

away

flooding

with concern.

Whose

turn

is first

when systems

that nurture

require

sutures,

and fractures

compound

all around

us?

Stabbed

in the heart,

we realize

we must

prioritize

this immediate

wound

stat.

Inside

this ER

that we

now are,

we mostly

just take

information.

I see you

already

know

the urgency

each

emergency

requires.

But mired

in crisis

since

the time

of Isis

is narrowing

our arteries

and capacities

for healing.

We can’t

simply

angry,

fearful,

and depressed.

Nor

can we

ignore

what’s in store

with more

of the same.

Crises

of democracies

and the climate

across

the earth

are worth

your efforts

beyond

news intake.

What’s

at stake

demands

urgent

care-

a bit

here

and there

in addition

to the

momentous.

What

are you

doing—

not just

reviewing—

in order

to make us

better?

Do the Right Things

Now

a days,

the craze

on the right

is amazingly

cynical.

And yet

in spite

of spite

from the wing

on the right,

Speaker

Johnson

held tight.

An aid

bill

was passed

long past

due

due to

bogus

focus

on spending,

practically

upending

alliances

with defiance

and reliance

upon

noncompliance.

In an ecosystem

governed

by climate

change,

creating

crisis

after crisis

after

crisis,

invites

to assess

how we

address

this long

term

condition.

What

long

ago

was our

nature

has become

abused

when

government

was accused

of being

the problem.

Both right

and left

have

at times

been

reckless,

and feckless

leaders

or worse

have worsened

us.

But now

the right

can not

claim

righteousness

correctness

or validity,

much less

acceptability.

A country

of rights

abdicating

responsibilities

and civilities

creates

possibilities

for horrible

vulnerabilities

and instabilities.

Reclaim what

is right!

Our climate

crisis

requires

innovation

and

restoration

of what

is right

and wrong.

The warming

of the planet

is overwhelming

just as

the heated

rhetoric

in politics

is stifling

us.

Worse,

it is killing

us.

We know

what is

right,

but

complain

it became

too hard

to sustain.

Tomorrow

is Earth Day

and soon

Mother’s

Day,

sentiments

that deserve

acknowledgements

all year.

our democracy

needs us,

so does

Mother Nature.

The climate

crises

among us

and around

need us

to do

the right

things.

Mother

nature,

inside

and out.

I mean,

as a verb:

to curb

what

has been

unfathomably

disturbed.

Nature

needs

mothering;

nurturing

to thrive.

Our twin

climate

crises

demand

each

of us

to do

the right

things-

even when

difficult-

to nurture

what’s

left.

Track and Field

I track

my body’s

expenditures–

tallying

steps,

REM,

and deep

sleep.

My convenient

device

provides

advice

to keep

me resilient.

Physically,

it’s working;

I’m doing

better

than expected.

But my

field

of vision

is narrowing,

as the harrowing

crises

overwhelm these

data points.

In order

to prevent

sleeplessness

and foster

resilience,

I need

to care

less.

But I can’t.

We need

to engage

in ways

that are

interactive

and creative;

that address

the mess

from fossil

fuels

and plastic.

Truly drastic

measures

require

forgoing

pleasures

to which

we have

become

accustomed.

Losing

trust,

witnessing

those

intended

to see a

democracy

upended

is exhausting

to track.

And depressing.

The alienation

in this nation

is in part

caused by

a conflation

of news

and entertainment

—infotainment—

and cruelty

so that duality,

not plurality,

is insisted

upon.

We are lost,

and the cost

is literally

killing

the country

(and others)

and the planet.

Helplessness,

more than

sleeplessness,

is the urgent

and important

crisis to meet.

As we track

our daily

routines,

we are

far

afield

from living

from what

we’ve been

given.

We have

retreated

to repeated

tasks

when what

is actually

asked

of us

is to heal

each other

and our

environment.

Whine and Cheese

We have come to expect

Elections

As traditions

Despite each one

More existentially

Significant

Than ever.

We know

The show

Must go

And on and on

So money

Can roll

The dicey

Game of politics

That is performance

Without art.

It’s a total

Drag,

(And that’s

Not allowed

Anymore

In some places),

Watching candidates

Dress up

And exaggerate,

Mugging

For cameras

At cheesy events,

Whining about

Who’s

Destroying us

And how

The stakes

Have never

Been higher.

Do voters want

The Cheese Wiz?

Not just the ersatz

Savory goo topping,

But a master of faux

Sentiment?

Or the whining

About witch hunts

And hoaxes?

The Deep State

Pedophiles

And Alien

Invaders

Across

The boarder?

As candidacies

Launched,

Horrible Haze

Enveloped

Much of the

Country.

Toxic air

Emanated from

Canadian fires,

A result of dry

Earth,

A result of

Climate Change.

Our political

Climate has

Changed

Profoundly

While the same

Whine and Cheese

Is served

As though

They will persuade

Or reassure

Donors

If not

Voters

That politics

Ages well

Whine

And cheese.

lou sight

Looking at Culture, Politics, and other stuff

climate

Getting Credit Where Credit is Do

Change of Life

Reservations Confirmed

Gulf Club

How’s Your Weather?

A New Habit for Humanity

Triage

Do the Right Things

Track and Field

Whine and Cheese

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