by Monta May | Jun 27, 2023 | Activism, Community
I was reading a book earlier this week1 and ran across a sentence that gave me pause. The character in the book was trying to explain something that he had no words for… something that was so obvious and commonplace and ordinary that there was no thought...
by Monta May | Oct 1, 2020 | Community, Regular Life
I make cold-proofed pizza dough to cook in both my Ooni and my Roccbox pizza ovens. For pizza with friends, I do 4 or 5 batches of this recipe, and we do a pizza potluck party… I bring the dough, the sauce, and the pizza ovens, and everyone brings their favorite...
by Monta May | Sep 14, 2020 | Activism, Community
It’s a pure pleasure to cross this annual divide this year, a year when that goal has been in question… not for me personally, but collectively for all of us. This year we all have found ourselves dealing with more risk — noticeable, undeniable,...
by Monta May | Sep 11, 2020 | Activism, Community, Justice, Mercy
I keep seeing this meme of a police officer at ground zero on 9/11 juxtaposed with one (from 2014) of a woman apparently screaming in an officer’s face with the words above the photos: “Yesterday’s heroes, today’s villains. They said...
by Monta May | Jul 16, 2020 | Activism, Community, Justice, Mercy, Regular Life
Warning – some considerable profanity follows… Sometimes you just want to give the fuck up. I hate social media for some things. I love social media for some things. I love it because I get to stay in touch with friends and family and rediscover the...
by Monta May | Jul 8, 2020 | Activism, Justice, Mercy, Stories
Someone recently said to me … You know, I understand that our history books were written one-sidedly, but how do we know what really happened? I’ve always wondered that. I have no idea. I really don’t. The British author, Neil Gaiman wrote about being an immigrant...
by Monta May | Jun 15, 2020 | Art Practice, Quotes, Stories
We convey truth with stories… that is the magic of fiction.Neil Gaiman When I was in graduate school I had a chat with one of my advisors that changed everything… well okay, that happened with every single advisor I had at Goddard College, more than once,...
by Monta May | May 5, 2020 | Activism, Community, Mercy, Regular Life, Stories
We all do terrible things to each other… by intent, by neglect, and by ignorance. Up until recently, I would have said that mostly this happens unintentionally. These days though, I think cruelty, rudeness, and contempt, in the name of “being real” is...
by Monta May | Apr 1, 2020 | Big Projects, Regular Life, Sustainability
I read an article recently about being tidy. The author of the article admitted they were not a tidy person and shared their newfound tips for being tidy. Most of those tips were quite foreign to me. Tidiness is not my first thought, not what I think is important...
by Monta May | Mar 12, 2020 | Activism, Community, Justice, Mercy, Sustainability, Walking & Thinking
I think that we’re on the earth to do good – good for the largest number of entities possible. I say entities because I don’t think it should stop at just people – the entire world needs us to do good. It’s easy to do good for yourself, easy to do good for your...
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