Marcus Aurelius said, “If we want to live in good times, the solution is easy. Do good things.”
Hope is hard to come by in this world of ours. Yet if we want to create more of it, we need to change ourselves.
This is already happening, and many ideas are in this blog. Do have a look.
If it inspires you to act, please like it and share it as widely as you can. It needs all of us to make a difference.
Recognizing the reality of Climate Change can be a step towards making a difference.
Start by talking about it. Have a family discussion, or invite the neighbours in and ask their opinion about what is happening. This can be the start of a learning process for everybody, often leading to a deeper involvement.
Politicians are wavering in their commitments. All of us need to encourage them to fight for our futures.
Thirty, Somehow: A Birthday Reflection on Survival, Loss, and the Fragile Hope of Starting Again
I’m thirty years old today. And I’m sitting here thinking, holy shit. I actually made it. That sentence feels heavier than it probably should. People say it casually all the time, like getting older is just something that happens automatically, like breathing. But for me, and I think for a lot of us whether we admit it or not, making it to thirty doesn’t feel automatic. It feels earned. It feels like surviving something. It feels like crawling through a decade that didn’t always […]
"Hey Daddy, is that an AI tree?"
"Uh, it's a cell phone tower that's designed to blend in with the trees, but I think it's been there a while...probably before generative models were involved in designing things like that."
"But it's not a REAL tree. It's AI."
"What does AI mean to you?"
"It means it's not real, like, not the real thing. It just looks real but it's not really real."
"You mean fake?"
"What does fake mean?"
We live in a confusing world, between the old world of Capitalism and a better, more sustainable world.
There is a better way of living, with communities, a healthy planet, less loneliness, healthier food and less inequality.
We need a vision for what we want to see, which all should help create. What do we want in the future? With a vision we can make a plan.
Please read my wife's blog to find out how you can help.
"The source of a true smile is an awakened mind"
--Thich Nhat Hanh
"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with"
--W. C. Fields
Two young podcasters we met at a Detroit street festival when we visited in 2023.
I was taken by their smiles.
My wife's blog at the start of 2026 shows where we are with Climate Change. While the present situation is very challenging and needs serious action it is not as bad as we might think.
There are signs of progress everywhere! Why not learn about the good things that are happening and just how much difference individuals can make?
The next step is action. Start small & work up to something meaningful - for your children.
Poem for a solstice.
The solstice.
That time when after 6 months
of the Earth slowly leaning,
further and further
to the right,
The world shifts.
The seasons change.
Darkness is squeezed,
supressed,
pushed down, as with each day,
light creeps back in,
little by little,
bringing with it hope.
As shadows are chased into corners,
come, come back into the light.
Help chase the golden chariot
across a new sky,
burning with every spectrum of colour,
and tilt the world back to the left.
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Is money the root of all evil?
Money and the power that goes with it are often considered a threat to the rest of us. But that is not always the case.
My wife has identified individuals & organisations that donate money to the fight against climate change. This could well make our futures better. It gives us hope!
There are suggestions in the blog that most of us can use to help that struggle.
https://agrandmothersdream.com/is-money-the-root-of-all-evil/
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