Year of the big ride
“What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?”
― Ursula K. Le Guin
Less than a dozen days ago my favorite novelist, Ursula Le Guin died. I dedicate
this letter to her.
this letter to her.
Happy Groundhog Day: the day we set to contemplate how much longer we will be
stuck in the cold, but also that point where light has begun to return and now life also
pokes up its head.
stuck in the cold, but also that point where light has begun to return and now life also
pokes up its head.
Wheels of utopia.
The most remarkable thing in my life this past year was the 6 week trip that included
a bike ride from Sandusky Ohio to Fort Lauderdale Florida and then a week in Cuba.
This trip is covered in our travel-blog https://sites.google.com/view/biketrip/blog . If
you have time to read just a few posts, look at day 20, 25, 26,& 28 and for our trip to
Cuba, day 39 . Beth deserves the bulk of the credit for the blogging.
a bike ride from Sandusky Ohio to Fort Lauderdale Florida and then a week in Cuba.
This trip is covered in our travel-blog https://sites.google.com/view/biketrip/blog . If
you have time to read just a few posts, look at day 20, 25, 26,& 28 and for our trip to
Cuba, day 39 . Beth deserves the bulk of the credit for the blogging.
Nourish the body, change the world.
The connection between meat and global climate change is important but too often
overlooked. I know the health benefits of plant-based nutrition, I've read the
research and seen results in patients and friends. This past year I have been working
on writing a book about vegan nutrition continuing explorations I began the year
before. Writing this book may be a several year project, so don’t hold your breath.
On the other hand, I’ve started to work on a related project this past month. I will be
producing some youtube videos, book reports discussing books about vegan
nutrition. The first videos should be posted in April. Here is my page address:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1HCek2YnIBQ8Wv-2Yx8YQQ?view_as=subscriber
consider subscribing.
overlooked. I know the health benefits of plant-based nutrition, I've read the
research and seen results in patients and friends. This past year I have been working
on writing a book about vegan nutrition continuing explorations I began the year
before. Writing this book may be a several year project, so don’t hold your breath.
On the other hand, I’ve started to work on a related project this past month. I will be
producing some youtube videos, book reports discussing books about vegan
nutrition. The first videos should be posted in April. Here is my page address:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1HCek2YnIBQ8Wv-2Yx8YQQ?view_as=subscriber
consider subscribing.
The homefront moves forward.
Zev has been accepted to the University of Michigan where we are fairly certain he
will go. If the adolescent years are about challenging parents norms, Zev
occasionally does this, but with love towards, and reassurance for the parents. In
case you're wondering, his politics are if anything to the left of mine. Teo meanwhile
as a high school sophmore is taking honors calculus at the University of Michigan.
He is involved in robot club, I tease him that this is the path to the dystopian
singularity, when machines take over the Earth. And then we have deep
conversations about the nature of consciousness. Teo also treats the parents with
loving kindness.
will go. If the adolescent years are about challenging parents norms, Zev
occasionally does this, but with love towards, and reassurance for the parents. In
case you're wondering, his politics are if anything to the left of mine. Teo meanwhile
as a high school sophmore is taking honors calculus at the University of Michigan.
He is involved in robot club, I tease him that this is the path to the dystopian
singularity, when machines take over the Earth. And then we have deep
conversations about the nature of consciousness. Teo also treats the parents with
loving kindness.
Dinner parties and nights at the movies.
The big news about Heiwa Coop is that the mortgage has been paid off. I hope that
this will translate to the ability to create more cooperative housing space in the next
few years. The Heiwa community has just grown in sweetness this past year, this
constantly morphing group has grown closer and has deepened their ties to us during
the past year or so. Also delightfully, the senior couple around the corner from Heiwa
house has been building ties with all of us, inviting us over to watch movies and
bringing by their day old New York Times to share.
this will translate to the ability to create more cooperative housing space in the next
few years. The Heiwa community has just grown in sweetness this past year, this
constantly morphing group has grown closer and has deepened their ties to us during
the past year or so. Also delightfully, the senior couple around the corner from Heiwa
house has been building ties with all of us, inviting us over to watch movies and
bringing by their day old New York Times to share.
The search for transformation.
2017 started with Beth and I seeking a political home, we visited various
organizations, we even hosted a series of political potlucks, then the year wore on
and we had not found a way to regularly engage in the collective response to the
politics of authoritarianism and hatred epitomized by the white house. I tabled once
for citizens climate lobby and I did do a small amount of petitioning for the ballot
campaign to stop the way political districts in Michigan are gerrymandered. As I look
to 2018 I will continue to look for my niche in the struggle, My goal is to find a political
home.
organizations, we even hosted a series of political potlucks, then the year wore on
and we had not found a way to regularly engage in the collective response to the
politics of authoritarianism and hatred epitomized by the white house. I tabled once
for citizens climate lobby and I did do a small amount of petitioning for the ballot
campaign to stop the way political districts in Michigan are gerrymandered. As I look
to 2018 I will continue to look for my niche in the struggle, My goal is to find a political
home.
Love to all of you,
Gaia Kile
“Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to fulfill my proper
function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls.”
function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin
