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April 19, 2016 by Gambele Kerr 1 Comment

Remember that poverty isn’t a crime, but denying people access to basic human needs should be. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Spirit

Another Way of Knowing

April 17, 2016 by Carol Vanderford Leave a Comment

Day after day
I sit and stare.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Poetry

A Village Called Home

April 15, 2016 by Nancy McCarthy 2 Comments

I worry that what made Cannon Beach what it was when I first moved here — a “friendly, informal setting” – is slipping away. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Politics Tagged With: Cannon Beach

Leaving Smog-iago

April 3, 2016 by Willa Childress 7 Comments

Chileans feel ownership and pride towards Patagonia while recognizing that it’s a destination largely frequented by non-Chilean tourists. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Photography

The Day Renny Skäraosten Saved the North Coast

March 20, 2016 by Gregory Zschomler 5 Comments

To this day Ren, or Rippin’ Renny as he is now known, is a world-renown legend. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Fiction

Chilean Musings

March 1, 2016 by Willa Childress 4 Comments

More than anything else, venturing sola—on foot or or on public transportation—has left me breathlessly and expansively happy as I begin exploring Santiago. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Politics Tagged With: Bear Story, Gabriel Osorio, Institute for Study Abroad, Punkrobot Studios, Santiago

Missing W.S. Merwin and Valhalla

February 21, 2016 by T H Savaht 2 Comments

We cannot All
Dine
Together
[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit

The Church of Comedy: Adam Sandler and Friends

February 11, 2016 by Rick Bonn 2 Comments

Live comedy energizes me if it’s powered by two things: love and truth. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Entertainment, Featured Writing, Spirit Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Ash Wednesday, Chris Rock, church, comedy, David Spade, Edelweiss, Norm MacDonald, Portland, Rob Schneider, Six Million Dollar Man, The Sound of Music, Von Trapp Family Singers

Leap

February 7, 2016 by Lisa Kerr 1 Comment

With complete abandon, I would run to
the beach to witness the moonlight
splitting the syrup of darkness…[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Healing, Poetry

ODF and Boise Cascade Agree: Clearcut is “sustainable forestry”

January 31, 2016 by Gwendolyn Endicott 1 Comment

We are greatly disillusioned with the policies of Oregon Department of Forestry… [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature Tagged With: Boise Cascade, clearcut, Homesteader Forest, Oregon Department of Forestry

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  • Watt Childress April 28, 2025 at 11:48 am on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltAlso, you inspired me to insert a sentence crediting Hoyt Axton with the song's genesis. Many thanks!
  • Watt Childress April 27, 2025 at 10:55 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltThank you kindly Jim for reading this and commenting. I enjoyed your review of "Sun House" by David James Duncan,
  • Jim Stewart April 27, 2025 at 8:26 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltNice! Hoyt Axton wrote the Jeremiah song and sang it with great gusto. Life wanders on and I'm still glad
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:51 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltDuring spring I think of you, and all the May Pole celebrations you've organized over the years. So grateful for
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:18 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltIn my dreams I sing to the multitudes, with a voice as clear and sweet and churchy as Lou Reed.
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