We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, September 20, 2021

Note for Monday, September 20, 2021

I arrived here at my home in southern Minnesota late Saturday afternoon. But because my right ear hearing aid went out the Sunday before I was beginning this trip, I need to take it in for repairs. Thus, I won't be posting today, but I expect I will be tomorrow. 

My trip out to the east coast was greatly facilitated by my visit in a suburb of Chicago. He took me to where I was to buy a toll-pass for the trip eastward. Without his guidance and participation I would have experienced severe difficulties. But on the trip back I was presented with difficulties mainly because of finding a hotel in the South Bend area. I assume there was a Notre Dame football game the next day. This experience made me return home in the speediest way I could.

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