A Call for Action
There are times in the course of our lives when we must speak out, and we must act. The world is burning. Our civilization is threatened in an unprecedented way. Neither the Nazi’s nor the dropping of the Atom Bomb posed as great a threat to human kind as this moment does to civilization itself. … Continue reading
“Kill the Koch Brothers,” a grade school play
“Kill the Koch Brothers”, a Grade School Play (In honor of COP24, and Katowice, Poland 2018, Bleak Beauty is re-posting its 2014 satire) I was seated in the front row of the theater at the Lab School of the University of Chicago anxiously awaiting the start of the Thanksgiving play when I was horrified to … Continue reading
Return to the site of the Las Conchas fire
Return to the site of the Las Conchas fire Yesterday Nancy drove our old Ford Ranger up into the Jemez, to revisit the burnt up trees I had photographed one year after the 2011 Las Conchas fire destroyed 244 square miles in the Jemez mountains, a part of the Santa Fe National Forest. The trees … Continue reading
Climate Criminals make Weather Deadly
What’s in a name? And the winner is! Climate Criminals make Weather Deadly The scene. Somewhere in Poland. People getting off the train, Nazi guards with dogs. Bertha: “No one will believe this” Rita: “How can you describe the indescribable?” Shlomo: “ I hope they call it The Holocaust”. It wasn’t until the 1960’s that … Continue reading
One, Two, Three Standing Rocks
Fear has come to America. Not the fear of a Mexican family being divided. Not the fear of an African American couple for their son. Not the fear of a queer being harassed when he leaves thevsafety of his city. This is a fear much greater and more profound. It is the fear of the collapse … Continue reading
“Kill The Koch Brothers” a grade school play
“Kill The Koch Brothers” a grade school play This blog is posted in honor of the United Nations Summit on climate change in Lima, Peru. I was seated in the front row of the theater at the Lab School of the University of Chicago anxiously awaiting the start of the Thanksgiving play when I was … Continue reading
Albuquerque is burning….Again
Leaving a downtown theater after a showing of Men in Black Three the smoke outside was so heavy that I told Nancy to go get the car while I hid inside the glass enclosure of an air-conditioned restaurant. Smoke from 80,000 burning acres in the Gila Wilderness, 150 miles to the south is blanketing the … Continue reading
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