Category Archives: Commentary
You Can’t Plan Spontaneity – Why the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock Failed
I was not all that surprised the 50th anniversary of Woodstock concert was cancelled. The “reunion” failed in 1994 and again in 1999. The HuffPost covered this in “The Day the Music Died” (apologies to Don McClean) In 1969, what is now known as Woodstock, was originally billed as an “Aquarian Expo” (as noted in …
A Writer…Writes
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a writer. It’s not what I do, it’s who I am. Stories come very easily to the creative side of my brain and flow through me onto paper with an almost supernatural compulsion via any means available; be it pencil, pen, or typewriter. Nothing in my life compares to …
Author Raven West 
It’s Not Plastic v Paper that’s the Problem. It’s People
Raven West ♦ August 26, 2019 ♦ Leave a comment
In the opening scenes of the movie “Independence Day”, Jeff Goldblum’s character was furiously taking soda cans out of the general trash and putting them in the recycle bin complaining to no one listening about how pollution was going to destroy our planet. All the while the aliens were on their way to do that …
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