I like to multi-task.
It gives me a feeling of efficiency. You know how it goes.
Listen to books on tape while driving, eat breakfast while answering
emails, read a book while my nails dry.
Well, this trip is also a multi-task trip. Besides the Democratic National Convention, I am also going
to a conference on community. Here
is the link:
It is being held at Twin Oaks, a community in Louisa,
Virginia. How could I not go? But it is not just because of my
name. I have even been to Louisa
before on a prior trip. No, my
main reason in going is to learn about how to build community. This is an imminent need. Before I left town, I signed papers to
buy forest acreage on the Olympic Peninsula. And if the other people funding this come through, we will
have formed an official community by the time I return.
This is my ledge.
The questions that face me right now are whether I will
remain engage in the political process or even remain living in our toxic
culture. Or will I jump ship,
boogie on out and go live in the woods.
This is what this trip is about for me. I am scrutinizing the political process in the US, as well
as examining the pitfalls of going to live in a hippie commune.
Sometimes, the thought of just sitting in a tree and not
multi-tasking looks pretty good.
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