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About Me

I live on a land-trust in New Hampshire, have been a vegetarian for about 42 years, started and continue to be a significant part of a weekly peace vigil, and am a Master's student in the activist Regional Economic and Social Development (RESD) department at University of Massachusetts Lowell . My daughter just graduated from college in Indiana (she's moving to Michigan in the Fall). My wife works at a local library. I'm Recording Clerk of the local Quaker Meeting , and I sing with friends every chance I get.

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As Bill Staines puts it in his song "River", "...I met a lot of good people and I called them friends..." If I knew who I wanted to meet, I'd have met them already. Right now I'm overwhelmed with delightful surprises!
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Sotomayor - Trust but Verify

All in all, I'm happy to see a Latina woman appointed to the Supreme Court. She appears to be super-competent in the law and to have experienced the effects of poverty first hand, which might give her...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 05:48:00 GMT

Gandhi and Goodall Larger than Life in Peterborough NH

Here is a quick snapshot from the parade at the Peterborough Children's Fair today. Notice the chimp under Jane Goodall's arm. The weather was perfect, and there was just so much going on that I...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 14:19:00 GMT

What do usury and concealed handguns have in common?

We had high hopes for the credit card reform legislation now being considered in Congress (e.g. http://washingtonindependent.com/42475/populist-angst-fuels- senate-credit-card-compromise). Maybe the ol...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 07:38:00 GMT

Medical Industry Lobbyists at Obama's Table - Why is this Good News?

The media this evening were falling all over themselves to congratulate the Obama administration for inviting the lobbyists of the pharma, insurance and medical administration industries to the the "t...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 17:05:00 GMT

Scare Crows

Today at Meeting, a dear Friend rose to ask our help in saving the life of a poor little bird she had noticed for two days repeatedly bashing its head against the glass of one of the Meeting House win...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:41:00 GMT

Spring at last?

There's a song I learned in elementary school from a book that was probably published in the 19th century that goes like this:When the first wild bee is humming on the leaThat's proof that the Spr...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:04:00 GMT

NEFFA, Filk, and Arbutus Too

I just posted a blog entry called NEFFA, Filk and Arbutus Too which may be of interest to some people here, about the NEFFA festival that's going on now in Mansfield, Massachusetts at http://nhpeace...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT

MySQL and OpenOffice Threatened

Oracle Corporation is buying Sun Microsystems. and, in addition to the loss of good jobs for lots of skilled Sun employees (and probably Oracle and suppliers' employees too), this poses a huge threat ...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:14:00 GMT

Obama's Pardon of CIA Torturers

It's not being called a pardon, but that's the practical effect of the Obama administration's Attorney General saying he will not prosecute CIA agents who tortured prisoners at "black sites" around th...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:13:00 GMT

Two Rivers Community Chorus - Welcome, Welcome

This year, unfortunately, this year, Denise and I weren't able to be part of this community chorus led by our friend Mary Beth Hallinan of Full Cold Moon , but we strongly recommend getting to one of ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:49:00 GMT