Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

This poem grabbed my attention because it captures the moment, as good poetry does. It was posted on Facebook by friend and one-time writing...

February in a place known for its noise. Race cars that roar to grandstands of screaming fans. The pounding noise of motorcycles on every ci...

World War 1’s Meuse-Argonne offensive began on Sept. 26, 1918, and halted with the announcement of the Armistice on Nov. 11. It was the larg...

Sen. George McGovern died this morning in his hometown of Sioux Falls, S.D. He grew up in the Great Depression Dust Bowl, won the DFC for ...

It was too bad that many thousands of Democratic Party volunteers and supporters didn't get to hear President Obama's acceptance s...

"Children Know Peace," 2011-2012 grand prize winner I know Lions Clubs best for its sight programs. Club members collect old e...

My K.C. pal and old college roomie (Go Gators!) Bob Page sent me this call for entries from his old friend, musician Karen Dunning: Karen...

From Nation of Change:    Mother’s Day began in America in 1870 when Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation. Written in resp...

This Norman Rockwell poster is based on the “Four Freedoms” addressed by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a January 1941 speech. The following...

Here's how my hometown of Denver looks to the world right now. This photo comes from Westword and was shot by Kelsey Whipple. It shows...

Leah Zegan (left) and Ashlee Redig carrying signs across Lincolnway in Cheyenne. Mike Shay and Ken McCauley at Occupy Cheyenne. FYI -- Ken...

Nancy Sindelar (left) at Occupy Casper last Saturday Nancy Sindelar of Veterans for Peace in Laramie has done all of us a favor by tracki...

Cheyenne artist Forrest King took these items from Sept. 11 ceremony... ...and constructed this work of art seen in background at Inter...

Nancy Sindelar, Veterans for Peace, Laramie It may be a slight exaggeration to say that there would be no peace movement in Laramie witho...

Forrest King and daughter at table filled with donated items for International Day of Peace artwork Local artist and community activist F...

Artwork by Susan Slavick Minneapolis Convention Center protest by the group 10 Years and Counting, as artists try to put a face to 10 yea...

Nancy Sindelar of Laramie's Veterans for Peace was at the action in D.C. and Quantico this weekend and asked me to post some of her phot...

I try to spend some of that time I once devoted to Sunday morning mass to the contemplation of nature, spirituality and even organized relig...

My fellow progressive blogger at thepoliticalenvironment in Wisconsin had the following to say about free speech and protest. Pictured abov...

Today we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Many speeches will be delivered, many of the man's quotes will be requoted. Th...