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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

Lunch with David

January 24, 2016 by T H Savaht 1 Comment

Thank you for the pain and the glory. For the angst and the fame.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Poetry, Song and Dance Tagged With: David Bowie

Primal Friendships

January 12, 2016 by Carol Vanderford 1 Comment

In her book of essays “The Sound of Paper,” Julia Cameron associates creativity with child-like wonder and reminds us how essential to living are these primal friendships with the moment. [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Featured Writing, Nature

Words gone astray in a landscape of grey

December 30, 2015 by Gwendolyn Endicott Leave a Comment

Words are not only useful in helping us to see, they also carry a powerful emotional charge. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature

Addicted

December 15, 2015 by Rabbi Bob 8 Comments

Last Saturday, the mainstream media reported with glee and fanfare that the world had signed a climate change pact that would save itself from certain destruction. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Food, Nature, Politics Tagged With: climate change, sugar, Walmart

I Wondered

December 7, 2015 by Carol Vanderford 2 Comments

I wondered
What it must be like
To never touch bottom. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Healing, Poetry

Spirit of the Winds

December 2, 2015 by Gwendolyn Endicott 1 Comment

People who live on the North Coast will tell you that South Wind loves to travel up the coast in the winter time changing things as he goes. In the old days, he had many headbands. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Spirit Tagged With: South Wind

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