In the Beginning…

For some time now I’ve been posting about my passions for environmentalism, politics, and all sorts of other impassioned topics at my book and life blog, Tripping Toward Lucidity: Estella’s Revenge. While I have a shoddy record of maintaining more than one blog at a time, I’ve decided to take the plunge and attempt it once more.

While a number of readers at Tripping Toward Lucidity share my passions for the environment and my other “causes,” I often feel as if 1) I’m preaching to the choir or 2) getting in the way of what readers really came for…books. With those reasons in mind, I will put unique material, as well as some cross-posted material about the environment, politics, and social movements here at Unlikely Activist.

Why unlikely? Well, I suppose in my younger days I wouldn’t have considered myself particularly interested in activism. I was the usual flighty teen, more interested in getting into college than making a splash by bettering the world around me. Time and a teaching career have really put the charge in me to make a difference in the world for the better, and so I hope this little corner of the web can help me do that to a greater extent.

Not only will I post about current events in my areas of interest, but I’ll also argue with myself, pass along links of interest, rant, rave, review books and documentaries, and various other posts that I hope will interest potential readers.

Thanks in advance to those who follow my efforts here, and I can only hope it will open up new avenues of discussion in a variety of areas.

Cheers!