On the Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, at noon in Manzanita, a group of Watershed Heroes spoke at a meeting of the Tillamook County Commission.
Archives for December 2016
Dangerous Angels
When I was a child, I imagined angels like the ones in sentimental postcards, those romanticized winged guardians walking alongside a blond, middle-class boy and girl whose aggressive normality rendered them as iconic as their protector. [Read More]
Jesus We’re Cold Inside
Cultural authorities remind us of the reason for the season. Symbols of Christ’s lowly birth add feelings of pious humility to the flashy mash up of religion and commerce. [Read More]
Midwifing Death
It must seem a strange urge – to work with the dying.
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Baby Gramps and the Geechee Goo
Life is woven with threads from many ancestors.
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Alchemy
When sun strikes on a sudden morning
through a frozen fog, the ransom of Autumn lost,
a glory stands in silvered white, a gleam so cold
that now the tree’s breath shines. [Read More]
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
Some people like to laughingly remind me of a time when I hated football. [Read More]