Category: Local&GLobal Economies

October 2022 Because I haven’t published a full blog in over 2 years, when I finished the essay for the current issue’s Call, Rap & RealTalk, I revisited the last essay for this section. I wanted to refamiliarize myself with those thoughts. I wrote a series of vignettes, on varying topics from Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic …

A Northeast Philadelphia grocery store placed a “We Are Hiring – Inquire Within” sign on its entrance door in June 2021. Later, in September, an addition to the sign read: “$250.00 signing bonus” if the applicant is available to start immediately. The sign announced that there were three store locations, with several available positions. As …

In memory of the victims of Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans   For many years, I have thought that I would outfit my roof with solar panels. They’re expensive and it would take quite a few years before any economic benefit would accrue. I investigated how to build a solar …

The reading of two articles, The Coronation, by Charles Eisenstein, The Pandemic is a Portal, by Arundhati Roy, a book, How Shall I Live My Life? On Liberating the Earth from Civilization, by Derrick Jensen, inspired this essay.   The Lesson Few would deny that an interesting experience is passing through us. Our responses to …

I’ve missed sharing my thoughts, ideas and experiences.  With well over a year’s worth of thoughts and stories that could have filled far more than four publications, I thought I would highlight the most impressionable ones, those that have caused me to reflect, broaden my vision and challenge my assumptions. These vignettes are in no …