Month: May 2004
A Gong-Tormented Sea
Posted on May 10, 2004 in Childhood Identity
All my life, as I’ve moved in an agonized trance among you, I’ve heard you say “Joel, you have to consider other people’s feelings. You have to consider other people’s feelings.”
Principles of Climbing Hills
Posted on May 9, 2004 in Hiking
You cannot rush the ascent of a mountain and still love the mountain.
Teaching Fear
Posted on May 9, 2004 in Creatures Hikes and Trails
It was only seven inches long from nose to tail, one of this spring’s first kits.
A Garter Snake
Posted on May 9, 2004 in Creatures
When I heard a continuous hiss without the tiny foot steps and without the heavy-bodied pushing of the grass, I looked immediately….
Fundamentalism is Overpermissive about Fat
Posted on May 8, 2004 in Eating Morals & Ethics Reading Sugar and Fat
“Oh, I eat very little,” you hear them say. Then you see them, with their plates piled high at a smorgabord and you know that most of them are liars.
The Sun and The Moon
Posted on May 8, 2004 in Myths & Mysticism Nature
Did men seize on the Sun out of Womb Envy?
Feminism: Mahayana and Hinayana
Posted on May 7, 2004 in Gender Social Justice
Young women, be careful who you oppose.
Multiculturalism: Hinayana vs. Mahayana Ideologies
Posted on May 7, 2004 in Anthropology Compassion Crosstalk Social Justice
The kind of multi-culturalism that I celebrate begins with the individual.
Five Pillars
Posted on May 7, 2004 in Myths & Mysticism
One should fight with Muslims as one should fight with Christians: return to the roots of the religion and ask them why they are perverting it with hatred.
Insert a Trite Metaphor for a Corral
Posted on May 7, 2004 in Roundup
“This page will not be fouled with the dirty pictures of American military personnel abusing Iraqi prisoners,” said Natalie, aptly pointing out that torture is a kind of pornography.
