by Elizabeth Sawin | May 16, 2019 | Climate Change, Feelings
Is climate changing awakening our love for the world? One sunny morning in May I was weeding in my garden when I noticed two bees – a honeybee and a smaller native pollinator – each busy in a bright yellow dandelion flower. I wasn’t in a hurry, the sun was warm...
by Elizabeth Sawin | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The writing house on the move. For me, writing takes space. Two kinds of space. Space in terms of time and spaciousness to think and get the thoughts down. And space in terms of a space to write, removed from distractions. For a long time, I haven’t really felt...
by elizabethsawin_klemgq | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
You are not a thing. You are a process. Every cell, every tissue, in constant flux and turnover. You drink water. That water becomes, for a while, you. The air that rushes into your lungs is not the same air that leaves when you breath out. The air that leaves was,...
by elizabethsawin_klemgq | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Much quoted recently has been the President’s low approval ratings overall. Less prominent is the very high support he has among Republicans (84%). I think we need to be very skeptical about assertions that the administration is weak or ‘in chaos.’...
by elizabethsawin_klemgq | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s pretty interesting to step back from the battle of the day (this piece of legislation, that nominee) and look at the two types of organizing principle that are arrayed against one another in this moment. I’d urge you to try it. Squint your eyes at the images and...
by elizabethsawin_klemgq | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
With my feed full of images of Cyclone Idai and the floods in Nebraska I’m reminded of my own closest encounter with climate impacts where I live – tropical storm Irene in 2011. My family and neighborhood were fine, but many nearby were not. Bridges washed...
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