Talk Me Off the Ledge

From someone I don't know, out of the blue, I was asked to write a book review.  Here it is: For those of you ...

I try to remain calm and clear these days, in the midst of the many things I am flooded with.   Still, things crop up ...

OK.   So, I haven’t jumped.   Yet. It is a cliché, of course, but the re-election of Obama has given me hope.    Ho...

Starhawk says it much better than I can.  Please read. http://starhawksblog.org/?p=768

I awoke to the election results, and gave a heavy sigh.   Part of me really wanted to jump off the ledge.   Now, I am ...

I dropped my ballot off at the election center last Monday, a week ahead of the election.   In the past, I would often wait until the la...

In a moment of negligence, I answered my cell phone.   It was Organizing for America, asking if I would help them ...

Why We Need to Re-elect Barack Obama …and give him a majority House and 61 Senators. http://www.thenation.com/ar...

As I mentioned before in an earlier post, the question on my trip shifted from “Who will you vote for?” to “Do you vot...

I want to backtrack a bit and give some impressions about Eastwind.   The people at Terra Nova in Columbia MO, are ex-E...

Well, I am still on the ledge and will be until at least after the general election.   That’s in November, in case you don’t follow that. ...

I am home now, but still on the ledge.   I told the women we stayed with in Albuquerque that I had a blog called Talk Me Off The Ledge.   L...

Since I got home, people have asked, “How was your trip?”   A fair question.   I could just say ‘fine’ and leave it there.   For those who r...

While I was catching up on the backload of emails, there was an invitation to a campaign BBQ for Denny Heck, candidate for Congress in the 1...

My next blog entry will be from home, sweet home.  I am so close to home, I can almost taste it.  There are a lot more things I want to writ...

It is actually 9-14-12, but internet connection has been sketchy and I am only now able to post.   I am used to hotels providing free wi...

In Albuquerque, the Pueblo nations have built a beautiful Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.   A large, two-story circular building, with a ...

Got into Las Vegas after dark tonight.   A long haul from…where was I?   Tennessee was my last post.   Saturday day/night was drive, sle...

Tonight, I am in a soft bed in a clean room with a quiet air conditioner.   I am slowly coming back to civilization, as I know it. ...

Back from another day at the Convention Center.   This time, I was an information booth rather than a sign post.   A step up!   And I ...