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It's getting scary out there. The world is enveloped in a deadly pandemic. Billions suffer in hopeless silence or chaotic revolt. Violence and greed seem to grow all the more powerful.  Economies are faltering, and reason is thwarted at every turn. The very life of our planet is in great peril.

It's easy to forget that there are good and generous people.  It's easy to lose sight of hope and healing and positive creativity.  It's  easy to begin to believe that the world really is what it's portrayed to be on screen.  Eyes to the ground looking for land mines, we can miss the beauty around us.

I'm an ordinary person living an ordinary life in an ordinary community.  This blog is to represent just that perspective on a broad array of topics, and to invite others to share in safety.

I believe that together all of us ordinary people can change our present and our future, even in the face of military power, economic oppression, twisted values,  and outright evil.  When we share the spirit of the common good -- taught by every major faith  and the basis of every true ethical paradigm -- we can build the world with justice and peace.

So, come on in.  Laugh.  Tell a joke. Talk politics and religion. Share a recipe. Start a garden. Work for change. Get acquainted. Bring a problem. We'll appreciate all about life that is good, and seek together to find ways to change what is not.

Blessings.

--Pat