We all know Mark Burnett’s tawdry contribution to American culture, The Apprentice television program, that haunted the airwaves from 2004 to 2017. This “reality” program was far from reality in the actual business world, showcasing a male-dominated, authoritarian, top-down, 1950’s management style, largely repudiated in more recent times, and firmly challenged by more modern … [read more]
Narrative
Cat Dharma
When we got married, Sandy had two twin Tonkinese boys, litter mates. I grew to love them. They’re gone now. But their personalities were a gentle teaching. Rico was the bigger of the two, darker in color, slower and more cautious, tentative, and reserved. I felt the weight of his fear and judgments. He was … [read more]
Portmanteau for a coup
Anonymosity noun / Hostile feelings toward those we don’t know. / Although I clearly hold the correct opinion and they are utterly delusional, I strive to temper my anonymosity.
A lesson in connection
I Image: Ruel del Jamorol Interconnectedness reveals itself in innumerable ways, most very subtle, often hidden. Few are this disarming I have been staunchly anti-war since I was a teenager, confidently so, smugly perhaps, schooled on Howard Zinn, Staughton Lynd, Tom Hayden, and David Harris. But my commitment was never tested. I read … [read more]
Thus
I live in a world, incomprehensibly diverse, with endless patois, patina, pigment, songs, stories, species, tensions and tears, coming and going always. I live in a country changing by the minute, a snake eating its tail, a dream dissolving, its future behind us. I live on a mountain, primed to burn, kindling all around, squawking … [read more]
Learning from non-teaching
Image: Steven van Loy Joko Beck said this about teaching and learning: We don’t see that we are all teachers. Everything we do from morning to night is a teaching: the way we speak to someone at lunch, the way we transact our business at the bank, our reaction when the paper we submit is … [read more]
