[Found in a stairwell in a downtown Grand Rapids parking garage.]

This past week was crazy. Both not enough and too much work. And the world took a decided turn for the chaotic a couple of days ago.

Master Yen Hoa Lee, my instructor of tai chi and kung fu for the past 35 years, passed away on September 1. His obituary is here. I will write more about him when I have the emotional energy to do so.

Reading

I am re-reading Jim Harrison’s Returning to Earth, which I tend to do when someone close to me dies.

Writing

Nothing new to report. Thinking about what I will do in November.

Weekly Writing Prompt

Subject: Mutants, Kaiju
Setting: Boardroom
Genre: Noir

Listening

David Bowie, “Ricochet”, from Bowie’s 1983 album Let’s Dance.

Interesting Links

• “Stablecoins could crash our economy” (Richard Murphy, Funding the Future)
• “The Alliance Among Washington, Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley” (Stefano Ali Azali, Naked Capitalism) – Originally published at The Muslim Faculty, but also posted at Naked Capitalism due to likely DDOS attacks on the original site.
• “The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security” (Eli Hager, ProPublica)
• “You Can’t Worship God and Money: Theological Abominations in Trump’s America” (Liz Theoharis, Tom’s Dispatch)