Who are your role models? What challenges you to greatness? Okay, easy if you’re thinking humans, but my work is about creating community with all life. I tend to draw inspiration from the world around me. Like bald eagles. Let’s take a look. Bald eagles regularly perch in a scraggly Madrona tree above our Alki […]
Archives for April 2012
Why Being Appalled Works
(c) 2011 Danny L. McMillin The other day I saw a great bumper sticker. My best recollection is that it said: “If you’re not absolutely appalled you’re not paying attention.” Perfect. It’s absolutely the way I feel a lot of the time. It’s the way we should all feel. Because we all need to […]
My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary, Entry 15
How civilized are we, really? As things stand in our society, grief is a reality largely reserved for humans. By humans. My grief is not. Neither is my family’s. I was at an expo last weekend in Portland, a place where people come together to celebrate and explore metaphysics, from crystals to healing arts to […]