The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin An older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.

“stop posing as innocents, confront who they are, face history, until white people learn to love, there will never be genuine equality … Anything less than a total social reckoning—a complete psychological makeover of white America—was worthless”

#novel times, #LovesLabor,
#‪StopPlayingTheGame‬

During any #collapse of any size, these regimens will get you through ⬇️

Also, skillful
#LovesLabor
#HoldingTheTension
#‪StopPlayingTheGame‬

(If you don’t want to click through, listed in skeets below)
#novel

Finding Joy in the Garden My first experience of gardening was a lesson in scarcity and sustenance. Returning to it years later, as an adult with a connective tissue disorder, I would also discover the joy.

#collapse and #healing without fixing — #RewildEverything, especially oneself

“‘disabled are used to seeing our own mortality…can teach the world-savers about putting the world into hospice.’…stop focusing on the “fixing”, recognize beauty, value, ephemerality, begin to love it” #LovesLabor
#novel