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 …
I Quit
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 …
Towards Stewardship of Earth & Home
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 …
Art, Articles & Book Reviews May 2021
I’ve started some research for a sculpture that I am creating in honor of Turiyasangitananda (Alice Coltrane-August 27, 1937-January 12, 2007). Swami Turiya founded an Ashram/Vedic Center, Sai Anantam, in Santa Monica in 1976. Most well-known as a jazz musician and wife of John Coltrane, Turiya was also the receiver of two sacred texts: Endless …
The Call, the Rap & RealTalk about Working Hard and Earning a Living May 2021
In March 2021, an online journal, 20 Something FINANCE (https://20somethingfinance.com/millennials-hate-jobs/), reported that while Americans hate their jobs in general, millennials, in particular, hate their jobs far more than the average American employee. They display little to no job loyalty. Job hoppers are what they are, meaning they go from one job to another due to …