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Midterms in the Oregon Multiverse

November 2, 2022 by Watt Childress 9 Comments

Wouldn’t it be useful to return to our origins, be like the salmon and travel between worlds? We could compare how realities diverge over time; explore every fork, each different decision. That might give us creative ideas for improving our own dimensional prospects.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Movies, Nature, Politics, Spirit Tagged With: Dan Evans, Dixiecrat, Dixy Lee Ray, Goonies, Jimmy Carter, Mark Hatfield, Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Tom McCall

Rainbow Brotherhood

February 11, 2022 by Watt Childress 3 Comments

God bless Gene Maddox for reminding us that we’re all part of a multi-hued story made by thoughts and words and actions.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Spirit Tagged With: Black History Month, Eighth of August, Gene Maddox, George Clem School, New Hope Cemetery

My Grandmother’s candy dish

November 18, 2021 by T H Savaht 6 Comments

Is gone
sold
not long after her death
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit

Color Guard opens the Pearly Gates

November 12, 2021 by Watt Childress 8 Comments

Behold home’s holy regalia,
heaven’s earthbow — team chroma.
These robes hold souls with
sweeps of breath-giving glory.
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Filed Under: Art, Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Poetry, Spirit

More Than Allies

July 30, 2021 by Watt Childress 5 Comments

She led me into a room packed with family and the Holy Ghost, then gestured toward an old man seated in the pit of raw grief. I hunkered down beside him and yelled the first words that came though my heart. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit Tagged With: cedar, Ceremony, climate change, marriage, Medicine, tobacco

NeCus’ Village: Spirit Upon the Land

April 20, 2021 by Darrell Clukey 3 Comments

Repairing a local rip in history helps mend the whole fabric.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing Tagged With: Cannon Beach, Oregon

Relampago en la Republica de Poemas

March 4, 2021 by Watt Childress 2 Comments

Les doy este circuito de letras cargadas por los recuerdos de nuestra amiga, la señora Ursula K. Le Guin, quien fusionó palabras en nuevos mundos brillantes. [leer más]

Filed Under: Art, Books, Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit Tagged With: Benjamin Franklin, Diana Bellessi, Dolly Parton, hillbilly, lyric essay, Pátzcuaro, Saint Lucia, Thunderstone, Ursula K. Le Guin

I Had A Dream Last Night, O Earth

January 17, 2021 by Rabbi Bob 2 Comments

I had a dream last night, O Earth. No, the American army hadn’t just won a war. Quite the opposite. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Politics

Ave Chingada

December 23, 2020 by Watt Childress 2 Comments

Trained up in the Bible Belt, I’ve heard many righteous hellfire sermons rebuking the Whore of Babylon. I don’t recall much mention of the Pimp. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit Tagged With: Andrew Johnson, Annunciation, Babylon, Chattel Slavery, Christ, Condor, Constantine, Eagle, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, James Henley Thornwell, Jesus, Malinchi, Mars, Mary, Octavio Paz

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

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