Category: Crisis

  • >Memorial Day Musing…

    As we remember those who have sacrificed for our country, it occurs to me that it’s also a great time for all of us to consider how we are using our own energy… Do you use your powers for good?! Remember the scene in ‘Good Will Hunting’, in which he’s being offered a government job…

  • >I didn’t know it would FEEL like this…

    Jennifer* liked the idea of being a traditional stay-at-home-mom, and John* made good money, but worked long hours, so they started a family almost as soon as they married, nine years ago. At first, everything was great, and two more kids followed quickly after the first. The youngest just started first grade, and Jennifer has…

  • >”We’re in this together”

    >”We’re in this together”

    As we obsessively replay the youTube footage of the total annihilation in Japan, it is easy to miss one of the smaller, more hopeful stories  that’s developing there. I’ll tell you what it is… Instead of “hello”, Survivors in Japan are greeting one another with “Ganbarimas“, which translates as ‘We’re in this together’, or ‘Hang…