by Cate Montana | Jul 11, 2020 | the E-Blog
I can’t bear to watch the video of George Floyd’s last nine minutes alive on Earth. But I can handle the Ken and Karen Show as it unfolds across FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube. Watching the video of the “Karen” in Central Park screaming at the bird watcher who...
by Cate Montana | Jun 13, 2020 | the E-Blog
I’ve come to an outrageous conclusion: God didn’t create this earth—or any of the rest of the apparently physical cosmos we live in. WE did. How else to logically explain this world? It’s like a long shared fever dream in my and everybody else’s head—crazy, brutal,...
by Cate Montana | Jan 13, 2021 | the E-Blog
Back in the old days, pre-pandemic, I would sunbathe at my favorite nude beach here on Maui. Totally exposed like that, it’s easy to get caught up in judgement. I’d watch some lithe, tanned young thing practice her yoga postures in the surf, admiring the taut lines...
by Cate Montana | Apr 10, 2020 | the E-Blog
I give up. The world is insane and I’m giving up any last illusions that a “reality” based in polarity and the perception of separation can be reasoned with and ultimately changed for the better. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it so clearly. Yes,...
by Cate Montana | Mar 13, 2020 | the E-Blog
For years I’ve subscribed to The Washington Post and The Guardian. Since the pseudo-impeachment proceedings, I find I can no longer stomach reading about the daily erosional attacks on women’s rights, voting rights, civil rights, the elderly, Medicare, Social...