This is an excerpt from my piece on the Climate Action at Penn State, a blog highlighting climate solutions, research, and other efforts at Penn State. What am I passionate about? Or maybe a better question is: what do I want to invest in? One’s investments say a lot about a person. I try to make … More If the climate is a concert, what part do I play?
The GOP & NRA have decided we should live in a world where guns have more protections than children & they want you to be ignorant about the effects. That’s a nightmare scenario. Quite literally, the party of family values is making us live out Slayer songs. Singer Tom Araya said, “Regardless of whatever f***ing religion … More Offspring sent out to cry, living mandatory suicide: The GOP & the NRA world is a real-life Slayer album
This piece is a rumination on shadows, on places we don’t want to be, of places we fear, of places we hope to be in.
This piece was inspired by Robert Bly’s poem, “Snowbanks north of the house.” They are like “thoughts that go so far.” That line inspired me to think about things that go so far including memory, innocence, will, and hope.
Since I have submitted this poem to a journal, I’m taking down the full draft. O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM ON ROARING RUN Why when I turned back did I almost put my senses away, as if walking back were perfunctory, unworthy of care and attention…
This winter, snow has been our regular companion in Pennsylvania. It has been years since we have had snow on the ground for this long. Just a few years ago, we had July in March. Last year it was warm and wet. This morning, I sat writing my dissertation, Memories of Awakening, and gazed out … More Voices in the snow
Peter Walks for Democracy 