Ruminations from the spaces between soil and soul
Tom Hlavacek has left the building. Or should I say, the pitch, the field, the court, the gym, the ring, the track, the slope, the green, or any other venue imaginable where people come together to celebrate the miracle of the human mind and body. Yes, he was competitive, but in service of a higher […] The post Tom was always along for the ride! first appeared on A World of Words .
Übersetzung des Textes von Sven Eberlein vom 01.07.2025 von Regina Frey. Englisches Original: https://svenworld.com/tom-was-always-along-for-the-ride/ Auf Facebook: Link Tom Hlavacek hat das Gebäude verlassen. Oder sollte ich sagen, das Spielfeld, den Platz, die Turnhalle, den Ring, die Bahn, die Piste, das Grün oder jeden anderen denkbaren Ort, an dem Menschen zusammenkommen, um das Wunder des…
Twenty years ago this week I became a US citizen. Far from the arduous and often dangerous journeys taken by so many others seeking refuge from all kinds of existential challenges in their countries of origin, mine was a relatively benign process. But from the very beginning, it felt meaningful beyond the passport — more […] The post 20 Years a US Citizen first appeared on A World of Words .
Today at Civic Center in San Francisco, a small but raucous crowd of citizens calling attention and voicing opposition to the vicious dismantling of our government and international reputation, met with cheers and honks from just married couples and drivers passing by alike. The plan for the hostile government takeover was always to sow chaos, […] The post Keeping hope alive in the face of fascism…
San Francisco was absolutely LIT today. Two protests, one at Civic Center and another in front of the Tesla dealership on Van Ness. Perhaps more impressive than the numbers turning out was the amount of solidarity honking by people driving by, including a significant number of folk in work vehicles, truck drivers, cab drivers, construction […] The post Time to Rise Up first appeared on A World of…
Though I’ve personally always been more inclined to go with the “Every Day is Earth Day” modus operandi, I think it’s still worth celebrating and uplifting the “official” Earth Day. Especially in these times when there are so many things going on in the world and we’re all exposed to a plethora of news and […] The post This year the other Earth Day will be Vote Day first appeared on A World of…
Today is the official launch for Last Call to Vote (Together We’re Stronger), a song my band Beet the System recorded over the last couple of months. The final title ended up being Last Call to Vote, not exactly a rosy proposition. But the subtitle and chorus line Together We’re Stronger carries the deeper superpower […] The post Why I’m Groovin’ on Radical Optimism (Together We’re Stronger!)…
I don’t know about you, but the last few years have not felt very magical to me. At least in the more contemporary colloquial sense of the word that conjures enchantment, inspiration, and awe. Sure, there was plenty of trickery performed on our collective mind. First, by the orange master of banality, venality, and grandiosity. […] The post Emergence first appeared on A World of Words .
My uncle Wolfgang Ziegler passed away this week at age 91. I didn’t have a chance to get to know him more intimately until later in his life, but when we did connect it was deeply meaningful, as he brought my longstanding metaphorical quest for planting and spreading seeds back to my native roots. When […] The post Rest in Beauty, Wolfgang Ziegler, Trader of Seeds, Bulbs & Tubers first appeared on…
With historic floods hitting one of the last bastions of perceived immunity against the effects of climate change, people in financially wealthy countries are finally forced to reckon with the global scale of the crisis. As a native German living in California, the first time I got concerned inquiries about my well being from back […] The post Germany under water: At long last, we are all in the…