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An April in Europe

June 5, 2017 by Rabbi Bob Leave a Comment

It’s hard to believe it’s been over a month since I’ve been back from an epic trip to Europe which I shared with Nancy for 2 weeks in England, and then soloed in England, France, Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. The details are starting to fade, so it’s time to write it all down, based on […]

Filed Under: Art, Books, Culture, Featured Writing, Food, Happenings, Politics, Spirit

Fear of Summer

May 29, 2017 by Brendan Grays Leave a Comment

I fear you summer, I fear the way you hurt my chest, I fear the way I try to hold onto the slick sides of mirrors sliding efficiently down the heart of my fingers as I’m trying to hold onto images, reflections of the shelter I love….[Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry

Heart Money, Not Blood Money

April 9, 2017 by Margaret Hammitt-McDonald Leave a Comment

“We need to start to talk about money in ways that dethrone it and make it subject to human ethics and standards of love and decency.” [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Featured Writing Tagged With: Conscious capitalism, Ethical investing, Green Economy, Joel Solomon, Tyee Bridge

A Visit to Stumptown

February 10, 2017 by Rabbi Bob Leave a Comment

With The Accidentals playing the Aladdin Theater in Portland recently, Nancy and I headed there for a rare weekend away from home.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing

What Remains

January 7, 2017 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

We can say Black Elk witnessed the death of an indigenous way of life that existed for thousands of years. He did so just as surely as we’re watching death today — from Aleppo to poison pipelines to dead zones off the coast of America…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Spirit

Dangerous Angels

December 26, 2016 by Margaret Hammitt-McDonald Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Healing, Movies, Spirit Tagged With: Dementia, Parkinson's Disease

Midwifing Death

December 4, 2016 by Lane deMoll Leave a Comment

It must seem a strange urge – to work with the dying.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry

Baby Gramps and the Geechee Goo

December 3, 2016 by Watt Childress 2 Comments

Life is woven with threads from many ancestors.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Song and Dance, Spirit

The Genocide of the American Indian, and Their Refusal to Die

November 29, 2016 by Stevie Stephens Burden 1 Comment

So what happens to a person or group when their identity is wiped from the book of history? [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing

Surfing Without a Pair

October 19, 2016 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

From what I’ve seen, the cross-cultural truth about cajones is that they often cause serious wipe outs. Yet for some reason people talk as if they’re essential to success, even for women. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Politics, ULE

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    January 7, 2026 at 7:19 am
    on Smart travel money helps care for places we love
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  • K H
    September 24, 2025 at 8:09 am
    on The Genocide of the American Indian, and Their Refusal to Die
    This response is far from timely, I know. But in honor of the ancestors I thank you for helping us
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