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 | 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 | 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 | Jan 2, 2020 | Activism, Justice, Mercy, Regular Life
Social Justice Warrior. I hear the label slung at people with derision, with contempt, with bitterness, maybe even fear. I think the phrase generates lots of discomfort, resentment, and anger. It’s mostly used as an insult, a challenge to do battle as in...
by Monta May | Mar 12, 2019 | Activism, Design, Regular Life
Last month I was asked to lead a workshop on making zines at an equity in education summit. It ended up that 3 other folks presented with me. The first part of the presentation ran long, so I didn’t get to share much about the actual production of zines, so here...
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