Don't breed "wonder-bugs"

As our government propaganda escalates to initiate yet another war of aggression, our attention is conveniently being diverted to fears of deadly drug-resistant staph infections. Neither should be a surprise. The question is what can we do about either. The only answer to the first is impeachment. The answer to the second is only a little more involved.

I've already had a dance with the death-staph, seven years ago. I remember the long midnight hour in the hospital, waiting to see if the "last-chance" antibiotic would work where all others had failed. The infection had spread behind my eyes and was working its way into my brain. (OK, well you've seen the results!)

Apparently, I survived that one. But these "Wonder-Bugs" are everywhere, and every day more virulent. The death toll exceeds HIV-related infections. Why have they kept silent? It's been seven years now, since the nurses told me of the bacteria resistant to every drug except one.

Conversation with my son

His name is Sky and he appears to be in love. He and Melissa are at that stage of their relationship where life histories get shared and they've been going through the photos, many of Sky on the farms where he'd grown up.

"Dad," Sky said, "Tell Melissa about our Biodynamic gardens." And Melissa brightened, because she too appears to be in love, and she needs to know about her man.

I say brightened because that's who these kids are, the bright ones. They came with built-in understandings that took me decades to acquire, of energy flow, of karma, of right relationship. These are the kids who are into LEVITY- dance and snowboarding, trampolines and skateboards, surfing and swimming.