Time for a bad pun

A friend sent me an email message about saving some natives in the Amazon called the Xavante:

Slide Show and Discussion about Efforts by the Xavante Indians of Brazil to Protect Their Land and Culture

Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, at the Tides Center Room 542 at the Thoreau Center of Sustainability in the San Francisco Presidio (Lincoln Blvd. & Torney Ave.)

Philip Klasky and Aryeh Shell will show their slides and discuss their trip on a cultural exchange with the Xavante Indians of central Brazil.

The Xavante face the threat of a multi-national corporate attempt to construct the Hidrovia Project - a 1,200 mile industrial waterway that would strip the land of forests and minerals and plant soybean for export. The Xavante are reaching out for international allies in their struggle to protect their land and rich traditional culture.

For more information and directions call (415) 752-8678 or (510) 594-1377. Sponsored by the Institute for Deep Ecology and The Cultural Conservancy.

I can only assume that the slogan for this effort is "Xavante be alone." (Ka-pow! goes the rimshot.)

Tomorrow's my last full day alone in the house before Cris comes back from vacation. It almost doesn't count, because our housekeeper comes in tomorrow. Not only can I not put off cleaning up the place until Cris gets back -- I have to put things away before the housekeeper comes. In fact, I really should get started on it now. Tonight is garbage night too, so I have to take down the recycling and all anyway.

I spent much of the last few days putting together the latest issue of my church's newsletter -- a project I started so I wouldn't have to work on my book. Many are the things done for the sake of work avoidance.