“Let’s talk about dead people” – Jesse Welles

“It’s an à la carte buffet, man. The bigger you build it, the more people you’ll meet. What music industry? Make your own industry, your own factory. Your factory might just be your house in a subdivision in Arkansas. That’s my industry. I hired my cat. ” Jesse Welles, from Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers: Jesse Welles on creating your own music industry

photo of Jesse Welles by Joey Lusterman

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The Forbidden Words List Update

Forbidden Words Project

“A growing list of words and materials is being scrubbed from government websites and documents and flagged for review by federal agencies in an attempt by the Trump administration to remove all references not only to diversity, equity and inclusion, but also to climate change, vaccines, and a host of other topics.” AJ Connelly, Pen America

image: Daisy Chain © Holly Troy 2025

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Plant Witch’s Delight!

Plant Zen Warrior

image: The Greenling Player’s Guide cover © Timothy McCown Reynolds 2025

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Why the body? – the notion still holds true

“I am coming to believe that we ignore our bodies at the peril of not only ourselves, but, our planet. We need to remember that our lives are lived not only in our heads and on our computer screens. We are beings in bodies experiencing a physical life. We physically live on Earth. Our disconnect with the planet mirrors our disconnect with our bodies – we cannot live without a planet nor our bodies. (Common sense, but . . . ) Paying attention is important – denial is dangerous.”

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