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About Me

I’m re-visiting the single life after 13 years of marriage and 2 children. My children (daughter 13, son 10) are absolutely the most important people in my life. They are amazing, complex, creative beings. I involve them in my activist work, and they are great sign-holders and leafletters. They also give Bronx cheers (raspberries, nose-thumbs) whenever we pass Wal-Marts, Dummer dealerships or Coca-Cola signs, and remind me to look for union labels, and country of origin. We also have some joint art projects. We read together, cuddle together for movies, and take walks by the river. I have a pair of tattoos, one on each arm, of artwork my children did for me. As part of each of their birthday celebrations in 2006, we chose the design and went to a tattoo parlor to have it done. My daughter sat with me while her design was being done. She said to me:” Mom, I know I can’t get a tattoo until I’m eighteen. When I turn eighteen, will you draw something for me, so I can have it tattooed on me?” How cool is that?! I now have a third tattoo, a beautiful, multicolored flaming heart, with "Buddy Boo" in the center, in honor of my son's tenth birthday. Photos, soon!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Strong women who hold their woman friends as precious as their lovers. Articulate, artistic men who appreciate Susan Sarandon and see the magic and wisdom in children. Anyone who believes that life is not over at 40, and who can still fume, rant, love, sing and play. I’m looking to build strong friendships and communities. I also believe in the magic of the moment.

My Blog

The Saying Ain't So

Yesterday, I got on a bicycle for the first time in 34 years.  Well, check that, I tried to get on a bicycle.  My 14-year-old daughter Kari and I went down to the bike path by the Jordan River Parkway...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:58:00 GMT

Triangulation

We have invented a crude geometryto cover our nakedness,where arcs of arms enclose sacred, safe spaces of trust - yet we are neither of us good at arithmetic. We carve fragile niches for our momentary...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:26:00 GMT

Homage to Charles Bukowski

All hail the drunken poet!a fifth of whiskey in one hand, a pound of flesh in the other,like orb and sceptersitting in sodden sanctimonious state. Strangling in self-imposed cocoonstaunching the bleed...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:52:00 GMT

Worker Solidarity

In honor of  International Labor Day, and in solidarity with the Immigrants Rights Rallies today, let me share some thoughts about immigration reform. The fundamental problem with our immigration...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:06:00 GMT

Our Accountability Moment

In September 1973, Linda Ensminger walked into my 8th grade English class.  She informed us that she was a member of SDS, had a file with the FBI, and was proud of it. She also said that her job ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:49:00 GMT

Could This Be True?

About a week ago, I read an email from  an anti-nuclear list to which I subscribe, entitled, "Could this be True?" The email contained a news article from the Russian news daily Ria Novosti. ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:18:00 GMT

Divine Strake: An Infernal Mistake

On January 10, 2007 the Salt Lake Tribune called upon the Governor and congressional delegation to demand answers from Defense Threat Reduction Agency.  There have been many media stories focusin...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:54:00 GMT

Selective Law Enforcement

I've been following the media on the recent I.C.E. raids of Swift, and was compelled to put in my two cents worth.  Here is an article about the effects of the raid on residents of Northern Utah,...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:04:00 GMT

This Amazing City

I've just come off a week of euphoria over the wonderful unexpected accidental connections we can make with people.  I had heard of the organization Jewish Voice for Peace (http://www.jewishvoice...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:32:00 GMT

Defeat for the Secular Left?!

Today I read a blog by Jim Wallis,  a faith progressive, who published God's Politics, and publishes Sojourners.  His most recent blog entry was entitled "A Defeat for the Religious Right an...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:20:00 GMT