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Rabbinical Reflections on the Season

April 5, 2015 by Rabbi Bob 12 Comments

Once again, here we are, in the juxtaposition of Jewish and Christian redemption and renewal holidays – Passover and Easter, respectively – and I find myself acting in two plays, one of which tells the Old Testament story of Joseph in musical form. [Read more]

Filed Under: Culture, Entertainment, Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit

Myths and misunderstandings

April 1, 2015 by Tricia Gates Brown 3 Comments

A writer friend told me I was passed over for a recent book-signing because the organizer finds my book title “scary.” This wasn’t the first time I learned of such a reaction to Jesus Loves Women: A Memoir of Body and Spirit.[Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Featured Writing, Spirit, ULE

Adventures with author Charles de Lint

March 11, 2015 by Rod Rowan 1 Comment

It has been almost three years since I read an article on the Upper Left Edge by Watt Childress. It was a review of Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint. I had never heard of de Lint (in talking to friends I have since discovered that I was not the only one), but based on Watt’s review I gave Someplace to Be Flying a try. What a good decision. [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Featured Writing

Speech to Neah-Kah-Nie High School National Honors Society: Service

January 18, 2015 by Michael Simpson 1 Comment

What I love most is that you don’t have to be a hero to serve. No matter what little you do of it. It still helps whether it be a grandiose or subtle gesture. But, you’re either serving or not. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Politics, Spirit Tagged With: honors, service, speech

Celebrating 60 Years of Disneyland and the Spiritual Undertones of Walt’s Kingdom

January 13, 2015 by Gregory Zschomler 3 Comments

Disney. For many, like me, the very name delights the heart and conjures up images of whimsy and “magic.” For others, perhaps those less childish at heart, it denotes something flimsy, artificially sweet and, well, too childish. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Movies, Spirit

Heck: Beyond the Lines

December 18, 2014 by Rick Bonn Leave a Comment

It’s ridiculous, I know, to suggest the squiggly lines of a comic can make you cry. Or that a story about a man and his mummy investigating a basement gateway to Hell can make you question your identity. [Read More]

Filed Under: Art, Books, Feature, Featured Writing, Spirit Tagged With: Comics, Dante, Graphic Novels, Heaven, Hell, mummy, pulp adventure, Zander Cannon

Facing Absence

November 24, 2014 by Roan Childress 5 Comments

In those days, Grandpa’s bakery was my safe haven. Every morning I would wake up early, and slip down stairs to fall into the kitchens, full of flour dust and the smell of rising bread. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Fiction

Portland pays an old debt of gratitude to Billy Hults

November 9, 2014 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

It’s taken three decades for Billy to receive public recognition for the magic he stirred up in Portland. He’s been honored as a “side player” by the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, an eight-year-old organization that few musicians here on the coast have heard of. Better late than never, some might say. Lessons can be gleaned from the lag time. [Read More]

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Meeting Billy Hults

November 2, 2014 by Matt Love Leave a Comment

Billy didn’t bat an eye and proceeded to give the flack a highly polished and brief lecture on the First Amendment and freedom of the press. The Flack had no authority to determine what qualified as a legitimate publication. If he didn’t let Billy pass, he’d be violating Billy’s Constitutional rights (and mine) and adding another unwanted twist to this controversy. Read More

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, ULE

Psyche combs the clearcut for lost souls

October 30, 2014 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

After the cutters were finished, 50 acres of forested watershed near our home was pretty much gone. Familiar habitat was replaced by strips of trees surrounded by stumps, slash, and orderly heaps of logs — cash crop to grease the skids of our consumption. Read More

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Featured Writing, Nature

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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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