Will & Worms

Today from 3:30–8:30 pm my life moved from worms to nonviolence with a healthy meal in between. At 3:30 I went to my umpteenth tour of Growing Power at 55th and Silver Spring. Over the years the tours have changed, the crowds have become larger but they are always educational and I learn new things. Growing Power is becoming the organic growing food capitol of the world and the way of growing renewable affordable food (G.R.A.F.) has evolved. The basics are the ‘same old, same old’, but the method has been refined. However, the worm, as Will stated, is at the heart of Growing Power. My main purpose in going today was to ask Will, after the tour, for some time when I can explain to him the Air Insulation Resource (AIR) and request Growing Power help for the DMZ gardens. I did get from Will a way to reach him in the near future. I am excited about telling him about the AIR system, something Growing Power can easily use to save tons of money on energy costs. And of course we in the DMZ need the help of Growing Power to make our central city garden successful.

Before I left I had some stew cooking in the slow cooker and had made tabuli salad. So when I arrived home, about the same time my wife came home from work, we, with my adult son, were able to sit down and enjoy a delicious and healthy meal.

After dinner came the nonviolent part of the evening. A small group of us met with State Senator Coggs to discuss how we could move forward the Responsible Gun Bill of the Mothers Against Gun Violence. There is so much politics involved in passing a common sense bill requiring background checks for the sale of handguns. We came up with some new strategies, and now can only hope and pray that we can get some action by the State Legislature. In the meanwhile Milwaukee homicides continue, with nine in 2008 so far. When will we take real steps to end the senseless gun violence that ravishes our country? We all need to move from worms to nonviolence.

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