by SB Rawz | Oct 1, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
There’s just no telling how many hundreds of people scurried this past week into the path of Hurricane Helene. With every coming natural disaster, it is the same: electrical line workers and internet technicians; doctors and nurses and the Red Cross; the small yet... by SB Rawz | Apr 8, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
Every relationship ends. I’ve had them end with bangs and with whimpers, with earth-scorching words and with tender mutual agreement. Last Thursday morning, just before 6am, I had my longest-running friendship end when whatever it was that animated her slipped out of... by SB Rawz | Feb 6, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
Maybe six months ago, I made myself a note on a small rectangle of paper decorated with little hearts. The paper was from a tiny tablet Theresa gifted me; in hasty scrawl, the note I made myself reads, “Communicate toward connection.”Some time ago, who knows when, my... by SB Rawz | Jan 29, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
In a story I once heard, the gods – these would be of the Greek or Roman variety – were sitting around, feeling a little salty about how the humans were doing so well, being almost god-like one might say. And so the gods, not too keen on meeting matches and such,... by SB Rawz | Jan 15, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
Some years ago, Theresa was working at a coffee shop. Among her coworkers was a teenage girl who seemed, understandably, utterly disinterested in us. Or, at least, it was understandable to me until I saw her walking down the street with her fingers entwined with those... by SB Rawz | Jan 1, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
I’d like to suggest a focus for this budding New Year, not because there’s a magic in the clock going from 11:59 on December 31 to 12:00 on January 1, but because any opportunity to pause, reflect, and regroup is one that I welcome, including artificial ones like a...