That Okemah Wind
Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah Okalahoma on this day in 1912. There’s this famous picture of Woody with his guitar and a sign on it that reads, “This Machine Kills Fascists.” His most famous song is of course This Land is Your Land written in response to Irving Berlin’s God Bless America. Seems Woody found the blind patriotism of…
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The Gaia Prayer
Gaia around and in usSacred is all the EarthYou give us lifeAnd we live in your loveFrom the ground and into the heavens.From your grace everything grows.Forgive us the harm we’ve doneTo one another, to Earth, and to all life,As we renew our kinshipAnd turn away from greed.For we all share this EarthAnd all of your bountyFor ever and ever,…
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This Moment
I had no intention of writing and recording an album this winter. Then things went all pear-shaped here in Minnesota. I started writing and playing songs I’d written during the past year or so to channel that frustration, dismay, and the anger I was feeling and into something positive. Something hopeful. That’s why we “art.” Over the last month I…
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What’s Good?
It has been such a difficult time here in Minnesota these past few weeks. The anxiety, tension, fear, unease, and anguish is palpable. I don’t know where we are headed, or what’s going to happen. I know this. A community and its families are being torn apart. And that hurts. What’s good about any of this?
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Living In Survival Brain
How are we doing? It would seem not so well. Everywhere I turn, colleagues, friends, my students, my family, commentators, comedians, anyone with a voice are stressed and one edge. Teaching my undergraduate and graduate courses this past term was the most challenging term I’ve had in all years at Bemidji State University. I had more students struggling to get…
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Minnesota Organizations Supporting Immigration Rights The Advocates for Human RightsCOPAL, Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion LatinaUnidos MNImmigrant Defense NetworkImmigrant Law Center of MinnesotaMinnesota Interfaith Coalition on ImmigrationACLU-MNLutheran Social Services Go Fund Me Links for Northfield Families: Help Family Torn Apart by ICESupport for Marvin Carcamo & Family Northfield Organizations Rice County Neighbors United (Barrios Unidos)Northfield Community Action Center…
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