by John Pitney | Mar 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
We lived 4 places during the construction of our Net Zero hacienda. To distinguish among them, Amy calls the new place our Forever House. Hmmm. Always makes me wonder: is it forever like this-is-the-last-place-we’ll-ever-live kind of forever? I suppose some would...
by John Pitney | Feb 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Respect My Existence or Expect My Resistance Respeta Mi Existencia O Espera Resistencia **This post was originally written in the weeks after the Presidential Inauguration. It’s a little late to press, but every bit as true and relevant today as it was when I...
by John Pitney | Jan 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Today is January 6, 2017, Epiphany on the Christian calendar. I hope you’re having one. In the ancient tale, Epiphany marks the arrival of three Wise Ones who follow the starlight, seeking a birthplace of hope in a really dark time. While the crazed King is out...
by John Pitney | Nov 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is Part 3 of my Trilogy of Hope +1 series. Read Part 1 and Part 2. In my world there is no hope if there is no song. Therefore, returning home from the cranberry bogs, I dug my 12-string from the closet, too long silent amid the rush of building a Net Zero life...
by John Pitney | Nov 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is Part 2 of a Trilogy +1. Click here to read Part 1. We had already planned to go to the cranberry bogs on the south Washington coast the day after the Election. We thought about staying in bed for the rest of the year. The fog that morning lay thick and heavy...
by John Pitney | Nov 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
With at least half our nation (well I guess half + 1, 569,824), I watched the election in stunned disbelief. Now I’m watching the aftermath for what it is asks of us. President-Elect Donald J. is everything we see, hear and feel. I won’t use even the most descriptive...
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