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Compact Action: Feet Along the Path

April 16, 2007 – 1:00 AM

I saw signs and portents all along the path from California. My thinking has been so changed by The Compact and my growing political awareness that almost every scene along the way holds a warning or lesson.
In California, we crossed ridge lines of wind turbines, now a decade old. You know, the kind of power [...]

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Compact Action: Red State Blues

April 2, 2007 – 10:29 PM

I thought leaving California would mean leaving behind the overwhelming arrogance of place that spawned comments like “fly-over state” and horrified looks when I said I came from Tennessee. What I’ve discovered in Springfield, MO is an equal arrogance steeped in ignorance.
I expected to reign in my political voice a bit. I expected to go [...]

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Compact Action: An Orgy of Waste

March 5, 2007 – 11:20 AM

The move was turning into an orgy of waste. With too much stuff and too little space, the driveway began to fill with a mountain of our discarded things. As a member of The Compact , a group dedicated to voluntary simplicity and conservation, this was a mortal sin for me. It was also an [...]

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