Starlight Essays

Saturday, July 29, 2023

You Are Not the Reason There is Plastic in the Ocean

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      You've no doubt heard before that a large part of the ocean is covered with massive, floating mountains of plastic trash. Implied ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Nimona is not appropriate for kids...but not for the reason you think

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Last night, I opened Netflix and was looking for something to watch. My 13-year-old daughter said there was a movie she wanted to see. In he...
Monday, July 10, 2023

Questioning Truth

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  I’m thinking this morning about truth and deception, and how they relate to competing narratives about reality. Think about something ...
Saturday, July 1, 2023

Questioning the Superiority of Non-Violence as a Political Strategy

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A friend of mine shared a meme of a John Lennon quote on Facebook, and I wanted to dispute it, but I’ve tried to stop sharing memes for th...
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Wayne A. Shingler
Wayne is an urban farmer and local food activist in Columbus, Ohio, who writes on a variety of topics including resiliency, self-reliance, social justice, localization, and political issues. (You can read his farm blog at http://frijolitofarm.com/blog/, or his other blog, Relearning Humanity, at https://relearninghumanity.wordpress.com/. )

Before going into farming, Wayne worked as a police officer, security guard, handyman, landscaper, teaching assistant, fur trapper, woodcarver, conveyor mechanic, Wal-Mart drone, food service worker, and Army Reservist, among other things. As Robert A. Heinlein said, "Specialization is for insects."

Wayne is married to Mayda, an independent web designer (unlimitedmedia.com). They have two young children together, Noah and Amalie. Wayne also has two grown children from a previous marriage.
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