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About Michaela

I am a wanderer and a wonderer, like you are. I love our journey and to walk in the company of friends – to learn, experience, share, laugh, cry and above all I simply love this marvelous, magical, mysterious life. I have no plan (cannot believe I am saying this) and my only intention is to be truthful to myself and others.

Awake

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Michaela

Despierta… Spain is opening their eyes.  

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Occupy together

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Michaela

Occupy together is a hub for all the events springing up across the country in solidarity with the first movement ” Occupy Wallstreet” on Liberty Square in New York. Though the groups have no central organization and protesters in various … Continue reading →

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Building pressure

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Michaela

Sen. Bernie Sanders celebrates the attention the Occupy Wall Street protest has brought to the need for sweeping Wall Street reform

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Mounds of Courage

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Michaela

This is a beautiful account of a woman’s choice of freedom over fear.  In this video an Egyptian journalist  is successfully challenging security guards trying to raid her office. More on the empowerment of citizens  in this article by Mark … Continue reading →

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Global mood swing

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Michaela
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Enough

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Michaela

Enough of the news, the hysteria and the panic. In the past few months it has become crystal clear that the world we live in has been built on a few fatal, yet stubborn  illusions and what we see happening … Continue reading →

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Government vs citizens

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Michaela

By Nicholas Kulish Hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheer a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reels before the largest street demonstrations in its history. Enraged young people in Spain and Greece take over public squares across their countries. Their complaints range from corruption … Continue reading →

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Back to the beginning

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Michaela

By Thomas L Friedman Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and President Obama all spoke at the U.N. last week and, honestly, it is hard to decide whose speech was worse. Netanyahu’s read like a … Continue reading →

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Care for the collective

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Michaela

Just a few kids ? Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed … Continue reading →

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Terrified, but bored

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Michaela

By Paul Krugman Is it possible to be both terrified and bored? That’s how I feel about the negotiations now under way over how to respond to Europe’s economic crisis, and I suspect other observers share the sentiment. On one … Continue reading →

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