Last Friday I saw, for the second time, the Raoul Peck masterpiece "I Am Not Your Negro." A very astute New York Times...
James Baldwin Is Not…
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Paul E Nelson Blog
#Ides of Trump (A Postcard Project)
Here's one of those Facebook memes that when I first saw it I thought "I'll pay attention if it comes around again."...
2.8.17 – American Sentence
2.8.17 - Spiders can’t get outta sinks, palmetto bugs can’t get outta bathtubs. #AmericanSentences...
Visiting Jaco’s Grave
It is hard to believe that it's been almost twenty years since the legendary bassist for Weather Report, Jaco...
Some 2016 American Sentences
I used to post my best American Sentences at the end of every year, or shortly into the new one. But once I published...
We Shall Overcomb (& Other Signs from the Seattle Womxn’s March)
My partner Bhakti Watts and I did not have Pussy Hats, but we made a decision to march in the Seattle Womxn's March...
Racist Cascadia?
I was tagged in a Facebook post today because it was related to the concept of Cascadia and due to my work as a...
American Sentence 1.11.17
1.11.17 - Here is a business opportunity - Donald Trump urinal cakes. #AmericanSentences
American Sentence 1.10.17
1.10.17 - Paraphrasing Ezra Pound: "Poetry is fake news that stays fake." #AmericanSentences
PC or 21st Century?
I have had a fascinating and enlightening dialog with an editor and Disability Activist that ended up with the...
Cumberland, Desolation Sound, BC
What a way to end 2016 and bring in 2017, but in a heated outdoor bathtub on the water! Bhakti and I are guests of...
Bury 2016
2016 is a good year to bury things. How many years get their own self-deprecating meme? And the notables who died this...