I Vote Because I Count(ed)

I am an American by choice. I am an Austrian by birth. I have given the privilege to live -and have lived- in countries that give people (still) the right to vote and I am grateful.

Am I on the right side of history?

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Something happened last week, that made me rethink and reevaluate my beliefs (?) or perhaps as someone who claims to be agnostic, I should not use the word BELIEVE, but instead call it opinion.

No More Homelessness In Finland

For years, the number of homeless people has been rising in Europe and in America but not in Finland. The country’s Housing First Program aims to eliminate the problem by 2027. But how?

THE NEWS

Each morning we listen for what is breaking—

the sound of a thousand tragedies fills the air,
shattering that never stops,
headlines, a fleet of anchors tangled at our feet.

Middle East Conflict – Israel and Palestine

1979, three months before I graduated from the Gymnasium, I sat in our classroom in boarding school during our daily homework time and started writing an essay that would cause some controversy between the nuns and our worldly teachers. I wrote about the Middle East conflict. Some thought I was wrong, others thought I was bold, but all agreed I was too young to understand.

Climate Change – A Step Ahead – A Floating City

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People around the world are struggling with the consequences of the climate crisis. Concerns about what the future might bring are on all of our minds. The rising heat in the cities, droughts in the countryside, flooding, wildfires -it is all happening with greater frequency.

Breaking News

We interrupt this poem to bring you reports
of an explosion

of wild untruths and other signs that the news
is broken.

A Blogging Crisis?

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I haven’t been blogging much lately. Every time I sat down at my desk with the intention to write a post, our now nine-month-old Vader laid down at my feet and looked at me with his puppy eyes. Perfect dog owners don’t grow on trees, they are carefully trained by their dogs -and I knew I had to spend more time with him.

Political Divide And Fairy Dust

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There is nothing
left to say,

according to all
who think they’re right –

the right only care
what’s right

the left are far too
interested in what’s left –

I left it there.
It doesn’t feel right.

Again

Again

Shots fired

Tears flowing

Shock and Anger

Guns in the wrong hands