June 24 was my final meet as a Ferguson Township supervisor. For the last three and a half years, I’ve had the good fortune of serving the people, land, waters, and–I hope–other creatures of our area. It was a bittersweet evening. While I am excited to be moving on to take the next step in … More Farewell, Ferguson Township Board
The farmer, poet, author, and philosopher Wendell Berry has gifted his farm to a little Catholic college in Kentucky. One of the students in the program quoted him: “What I stand for, I stand on.” What we stand for, we literally stand on. The medium beneath our feet is the message of our lives. That to which … More Your place is your legacy
In the previous entry I posted a draft of a poem about despair on our lack of limits. This entry includes a revision. Last year, close my childhood home, yet another patch of woodland was cut to put in a new “development” of apartments and townhouses. More of the same things encroaching on diminishing beauty. It … More When my #home is damaged. When the land is impoverished.
Peter Walks for Democracy 