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Reverend Billy wants Oregon to Legalize Potlucks

June 2, 2026 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

here’s a key thing about Billy’s hippie wildness – he wanted everyone to have access to life’s party. He welcomed both the destitute and the suits to friendly fests he helped organize, safe spaces where all could enjoy the creative commons.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Politics, Spirit

Elixirs of the Gods

August 29, 2024 by Steven Mayer 2 Comments

Hiking high in the mountains, I seek freshwater streams flowing from glaciers. Cupping my hands for a drink is heaven.
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Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit

Tiny Corner

July 31, 2023 by Steven Mayer 2 Comments

I am fond
of my tiny corner
of the world: small
towns, beautiful beaches,
artists, writers, musicians.
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Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Poetry, Spirit

Open Letter for Creation’s Caregivers

June 19, 2023 by Watt Childress 5 Comments

Do echoes of knowledge persist in special landscapes even after wisdom-keepers die? Creation can inspire us to revive caring ways that mend broken bonds.

Filed Under: Culture, Nature, Spirit, ULE Tagged With: Cannon Beach, Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes, Creation Care, Grief, Talking-Stick

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

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

A Wetlands Wildlife Ode

September 11, 2021 by Rob Gourley 3 Comments

Given opportunity and our attentiveness,
wildlife will show us behaviors
we’ve not previously witnessed.
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Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Poetry

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

Vision of an Afterlife

February 11, 2021 by Steven Mayer 2 Comments

Imagine the “Big One” had come and gone on a dark, cold winter night on Oregon’s coast. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Healing, Nature, Spirit

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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Memoir

February 13, 2026 By Steven Mayer Leave a Comment

End of the Street

August 4, 2025 By Steven Mayer 2 Comments

Here Try Some of This Ointment

April 17, 2024 By Watt Childress 4 Comments

We are the Luminaries

August 8, 2023 By Watt Childress 2 Comments

Open Letter for Creation’s Caregivers

June 19, 2023 By Watt Childress 5 Comments

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Readers’ Comments

  • Carol Newman
    May 13, 2026 at 3:18 pm
    on Opening the Book of Indigenous Grief
    Deep gratitude for your learnings and teachings dear Cliff.
  • Maranne
    April 25, 2026 at 8:01 am
    on Opening the Book of Indigenous Grief
    Wow… Taylor: a deep poetic Ponca man. So full…overflowing with wisdom, with heart, with courage to share. I’m thankful for
  • Watt Childress
    April 22, 2026 at 6:12 pm
    on Opening the Book of Indigenous Grief
    Thank you for these beautiful words that go straight to the heart of healing.
  • R²
    January 7, 2026 at 7:19 am
    on Smart travel money helps care for places we love
    Couldn't agree with you more. We're dealing with that all right now trying to get the air museum in tillamook
  • Pam Wade
    December 6, 2025 at 8:29 am
    on Adventures with author Charles de Lint
    The first work I read by Charles de Lint was Greenmantle followed by Moonheart. Since then there has not been
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