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Meanwhile in Texas, 04.18.23

Book ms sent in

On March 1 Joe and I sent the manuscript of our book in to Pluto, our publisher in the UK. It will come out as part of the Wildcat series, which we’re excited about. We expect it to be out by August so we can take it to the COCAL conference in Mexico City (assumingContinue reading “Book ms sent in”

Nov 7, NYTimes calls for Biden

The green whiskers are the beginnings of California poppies which appear to be growing despite lack of rain and location atop steep dry stony hills where strong winds blow off the Bay. The night of November 5, election day, I met Joe down in Fremont. He had just completed four fifths (or actually 13/14ths) ofContinue reading “Nov 7, NYTimes calls for Biden”

Joe quits, I go missing

Joe wrote this to his various email correspondents: Friends, comrades, fellow workers,I am writing this note to all those I have been working with on my various projects up to the present. There are too many just now and I am feeling overwhelmed, probably exacerbated by the COVID restrictions, the wildfire smoke, the continuing crisis inContinue reading “Joe quits, I go missing”

Permanent crises

Not good. This is what the sky looked like at 10 am Wednesday the 9th. Chernobyl, volcanos, etc. Sunday it was up over 100 degrees. I could not think. Brains are protein and cook. It was too hot to wear a metal necklace. Many things that needed doing did not get done. Then this morningContinue reading “Permanent crises”

Wildfires, protests

Since I wrote last, wildfires have started. Wildfire season used to be October, by the way, not August. We actually didn’t used to call it wildfire season. The coastal mountains near Santa Cruz — where we were last time I wrote — started burning, not because the electricity-bearing PG&E utility wires blew down and sparkedContinue reading “Wildfires, protests”

Beach

We broke out of shelter-in-place and went to Santa Cruz and points south for a few days. On the board walk were these guys: These are not the high school kids who are in desperate need of connecting with each other. These are old beach bums. Other than that, the sand and water were aContinue reading “Beach”

8 minutes and 46 seconds at McDonalds

Demonstration at McDonalds last week, part of the nationwide Strike for Black Lives, that includes healthcare workers, fast food workers, “essential workers” of all sorts. McDonald’s has not provided adequate PPE for workers and many have gotten COVID-19. Joe went to this demo and took photos; People are kneeling for the 8 minutes andContinue reading “8 minutes and 46 seconds at McDonalds”

Why Vermont is safe

https://www.jamaicavermont.org/ As you know from previous posts on this blog, we have a house in a small bump-in-the-road village in Vermont. Actually, there is not even a bump. We tried to get a stop sign, so that logging trucks coming down the mountain would have to at least slow down as they go through theContinue reading “Why Vermont is safe”