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Night Vision

September 4, 2020 by Watt Childress 8 Comments

With the world in tumult, on many fronts, this year’s transition toward the dusky months adds layers of worry. We need medicine to help us navigate the darkness. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit Tagged With: Barred Owl, Ceremony, Medicine, Oregon Coast, Tourism

Tarea de las Patrias

April 2, 2020 by Watt Childress 2 Comments

La migración de ideas entre idiomas les da espacio para voltear alrededor. Pequeños descubrimientos en la traducción me vuelven a la magia original de las palabras. [Read More]

Filed Under: Art, Books, Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit Tagged With: Diana Bellessi, El Centro de Ecoturismo e Idiomas de Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Pátzcuaro, Ursula K. Le Guin

Buenas Tardes

April 1, 2020 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

En el paseo dorado, los saludos fluyen entre lugareños y visitantes. Las sombras serenatan la luz. Nuestra separación descansa y nos volvemos a una mescolanza de alma.

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

Smells Like Quarantine Spirit

March 27, 2020 by Watt Childress 14 Comments

Survival requires that we tend to our mental health with little threads of fellowship, stitch our psyches together in ways that affirm everyone’s membership in the cosmic whole. [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Featured Writing, Spirit Tagged With: Gunsmoke, Jerusalem, Kurt Donald Cobain, The Decameron

¿Cuál es más?

March 7, 2020 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

Macha es una característica que abunda en Pátzcuaro y las áreas circundantes de Michoacán. Macha crece en una cultura nativa que celebra a la familia como la base de la sociedad. [Lee Mas]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing

Backwater muse floods the borders of Babylon

January 29, 2020 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

What does it mean to make art in the boonies, pore long over sentences that never scale the muckety-muck steps of public attention? How does one who loves the civic beauty of words keep forking them onto the floor? [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry Tagged With: 2666, Aldous Huxley, Andrew R. Tonry, Banksy, Benjamin Franklin, Bob Williams, Bradley Ray King, Brother Blue, Columbia Bank, David Longoria, Federico García Lorca, Hood River High School, Jennifer Childress, Jim Kosharek, Jorge Luis Borges, Lewis Hyde, Mark Nelson, Matt Love, Mildred Boyer, Mohler Co-op, Natasha Wimmer, Roberto Bolaño, Rose Swartz, The Blue Dirt of Paradise, The Savage Detectives, Tom Bender, Travis Champ, Watt Childress

Message, Moo-Cow, Messiah

December 26, 2019 by Watt Childress 6 Comments

It seems absurd on the surface that anyone who brandishes the word “Christ” would feel more affinity for the ways of plutocrats than the teachings of our compassionate rabbi. Yet when the Word becomes flesh, it is a socially-conditioned reflex for humans to fixate on the box rather than the contents. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Spirit Tagged With: Christ, Dairy, Holiday, Jesus, Mariposa, Milk, Perry Como, Red Danish, Red Heifer, Simon Diaz, Tillamook County

Gov. Kate Brown’s chosen secretary of state serves who?

November 18, 2019 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

Voter access is sacred to Oregonians. It should have been an obvious factor in Brown’s appointment of a new secretary of state. Secretary Clarno’s actions suggest Brown may have used a different political equation. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Politics Tagged With: Ballot iniative, Beverly Clarno, Kate Brown, Oregon, Richard Vial, Suffrage

Yo Dems

November 1, 2019 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

Who will renew confidence in America’s presidency? What personal qualities do they need? Should they be a practical hard-working dynamo, a civic super-nerd, an inspirational orator, a venerable change-agent? [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Politics Tagged With: Democratic Presidential Primary, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Oregon, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Elizabeth Warren

Ingathering

October 8, 2019 by Watt Childress 4 Comments

“This is a collaborative project,” Deb said in the weeks leading up to the installation. “I hope other folks will feel inspired to participate and help with the weaving. It strengthens community when we make art together.” [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit Tagged With: Cannon Beach, Debra Carnes, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Sukkot, Tolovana Arts Colony

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