Amplify Our Voices
To my wonderful followers of my blog–and to new folks– I now post brief Substack writings on my website (www.marinarichie.com), which features the bi-monthly blogs on the home page. What’s the difference between the two? In a basic way, my blogs tend to take longer to write and include more photos. I started my blog in 2015 and intend to continue. Substack posts are shorter and I don’t post them on any kind of schedule.
So far, I’ve only written a handful, but plan to keep them going for the reasons of my newest substack post: “Amplify our Voices, Lessons from Birds & Georgia O’Keeffe.” I begin this way, “Every voice speaking up for our Democracy matters more than ever before. How can the chirping of one American Robin multiply, grow in volume, and become so urgent that everyone stops and looks at the bird and realizes —all we love is at stake?”
Below is the link to my website page for Substack posts. When you click on a photo of the post, that takes you to Substack. I’d also like to draw your attention to the post of January 28th– “I Care Deeply About…” (inspired by Heather Cox Richardson).
I’ll leave you with this Georgia O’Keeffe quote I love: “Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven’t time, and to see takes time – like to have a friend takes time.”
I appreciate you taking time for friends, flowers, birds, and for amplifying your gifts to the world.
I appreciate your intent – and efforts – in your blog, Marina, but in light of the recent Trumpster Dumpster attempts to turn our country into an oligarchy, my approach to creating a movement to change the direction he and his cohorts are trying to accomplish, I’m totally certain that the only way to confront that challenge is a direct, forceful (yes, even taking to the streets!) movement by a HUGE contingent of US citizens.
I’m well aware that there are multiple ways/methods to confront this life-destroying challenge but I’m also acutely aware that “time is of the essence”, crucially so. We simply don’t have the luxury of a gradual approach; we must act NOW, and in ways that match and/or exceed the “muzzle-velocity” the Dumpsters have employed in their plan to first destroy, then replace our democratic form of government with their version of an acceptable way of governing. And our plan-of-action simply must have a sense of urgency to it that is energized by the knowledge that life on this planet is threatened by a mass extinction of all life on this planet. As you’ve heard me say before: Once the snowball has reached the critical momentum, it’s not going to be stopped by anything present-day humans are capable of accomplishing.
I’ve never claimed to be an expert, of any kind, but I also am not a member of the uneducated but vociferous cadre of Trumpster Dumpsters. My education and experience tells me that we better get our asses in gear if we want to defeat the latest attempts to destroy our planet and/or our way of life.
n my opinion, we have no more choices: our efforts must begin immediately and with a force that will leave no doubt of the outcome!
Friend, Mike
2/7/25
I agree Mike. Well articulated! And I appreciate you taking me to task in a good way. This IS a crisis. Thank you.