Author: Matt

Kindergarten

Micah starts at a new school for kindergarten that is close enough to bike to! Daddy needed more reassuring than Micah did on this first day. Buy the track on Bandcamp here. Lyrics: You pedal on to kindergartenI packed a bag you have my heart in Don’t worry daddyYou know I’m readyDon’t worry daddyYou know…

Likin’ Lichen

Look close and see a symbiotic organism that prefers cooperation over competition, it’s both a fungus and algae or bacteria… it’s LICHEN! Additional nature photography by Walter Machielsen and Karl Gohl. Buy the track on bandcamp Lyrics: I’m likin’ lichenWe’re likin’ lichenThey’re likin’ lichenYou’ll be likin’ lichen I’m likin’ lichenWe’re likin’ lichenThey’re likin’ lichenYou’ll be…

Step Parenting

Reflections on fourteen years of being a step parent!Listen to the song free on YouTube Music Buy the track from Bandcamp Listen to it / add it to your playlist on Spotify Lyrics: Step ParentingIs more like Step into ParentingSometimes Step in it parentingTrying not to Step in step out parenting Different skin tones deceiveYes…

Our Giants [Music Video]

Released at the Worker Co-op Conference 2024!I wrote this song inspired by several Black leaders from our co-op and solidarity economy movements. It was a collaboration with Smiley Rojas-Nuñez, who works with Seed Commons, and who did the vocals and filming. Beautiful Solutions site and book Collective Courage book Ed Whitfield’s writing Clark Arrington –…

Compost It!

Compost food scraps and unhealthy organizational dynamics. Compost It! by Matt Feinstein Didn’t finish yourSlimy succotash?Please don’t put thoseFood scraps in the trash! Decomposed foodMakes soil richAnd restaurants:You too make the switch Compost it! Farm excrementProcessor wasteDigest thoroughlyWith climate justice haste Anaerobic tanksBiodigestionGood for the peopleAnd planet no question Compost it! Still say diversityAnd colorblindness?Churn…

Respect the Ants

A learning from Skan summer camp. Respect the Ants by Matt Feinstein Summer camp includedA teamwork exerciseBuilding shelters in the woodsStuck with my brother, he sighs Later as I satAnd reflected on the dayWith elder Black Snake WomanIt seemed I had a lot to say It’s so hard, I saidTo respect my brotherWhen he’s not…