December 13th 2025 When I dare to be powerful When I dare to be powerful “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” — Audre Lorde A mother or father will step into the fire without thinking about themselves to save a child. When we are wittnesses to abuse in a public space, those of us who hold justice as greater than self, will step into the fray fearlessly. When we watch live streamed genocide...

December 10th 2025 On Death On death My father’s wife passed yesterday. I was the one who gave him the news. My relationship with death vacillates, as I imagine it would for many people. Yet each night we long to sleep a deep and dreamless sleep, a mini death. Sinking into no thing land. Non-existence. There is a beauty there. When I worked as a medical student in the anatomy labs, surrounded by the dead, working on the dead to understand human anatomy, I would wonder about the animating...

December 9th 2025 Why big business needs regulation Why big business needs regulation Before our surfing holiday to Taiwan, I rang EVA Air to check their surfboard policy before booking the ticket. I was not clear about what was on the website, and I wanted to confirm that our boards would be cleared to travel. I spoke to an agent. As long as the linear length is under 277 cms, we would be OK. Given my board is 233.6 cm, I believed that all was well. (A Google search of linear length = The...