Upper Left Edge

a small paper for a small planet

  • Sign In
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • History
  • The Edge in Print
  • Writers
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Support
    • Underwrite
  • Tides
  • Categories
    • Art
    • Photography
    • Books
    • Culture
    • Healing
    • Spirit
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Happenings
    • Movies
    • Song and Dance
    • Television
    • Fiction
    • Nature
    • Plant Medicine
    • Poetry
    • Politics

Living the Moment

April 22, 2020 by Darrell Clukey 1 Comment

The solitude of social distancing turned off the volume of the working world leaving me at sea. But in my alone time I learned to listen to a whispering inner voice; and finally, now, hear what is true. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Healing, Nature, Spirit Tagged With: coronavirus, distancing

Jubilation!

April 17, 2020 by Rabbi Bob 7 Comments

The ancient Jewish tradition of the sabbatical year, taken every 7th year, was a technique for turning more to G-d as you let the soil on your land rebuild, rested and re-energized, spent time with family, had debts forgiven, and basically took a time out. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Entertainment, Featured Writing, Happenings, Healing, Nature, Song and Dance, Spirit, Television Tagged With: jubilee, lockdown, sabbatical

Cap and trade won’t solve any problems?

March 8, 2020 by Rabbi Bob 1 Comment

The claim that if Oregon were to go to zero carbon emissions tomorrow, that the reduction in total global carbon emissions would be less than 1% may be true. If so, that would be an amazing start to reducing emissions by 50% by 2030 and close to 100% by 2050, which is the formula put forward by most scientists working on this problem for saving human civilization from utter chaos. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Politics Tagged With: cap and trade

Wondering How…?

February 7, 2020 by Lolly Champion Leave a Comment

There is a uniqueness in place for a reason that is too often misunderstood or ignored by the conceit of our precieved “knowledge.” [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature

The Eagles Flew Over

January 20, 2020 by Gwendolyn Endicott 1 Comment

I will be 85 in a few days. My grandparents homesteaded in Oregon. Our family carries the memory of old growth forests, the rivers alive with salmon, the wildness and beauty that used to be. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature Tagged With: Forest, Logging, Oregon, Wheeler

Ingathering

October 8, 2019 by Watt Childress 4 Comments

“This is a collaborative project,” Deb said in the weeks leading up to the installation. “I hope other folks will feel inspired to participate and help with the weaving. It strengthens community when we make art together.” [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit Tagged With: Cannon Beach, Debra Carnes, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Sukkot, Tolovana Arts Colony

Sun-lifted Mornings in the Pacific Northwest

September 13, 2019 by Rick Bonn 1 Comment

In the Pacific Northwest, the mornings come heavily weighted. Overnight, moisture sifts down or seeps up and the land sits heavy with it until the morning sun, if there, gradually lifts it up, like a mother raising an injured child’s chin and encouraging her to smile. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature Tagged With: Cannon Beach, North Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, weather

Open Letter to R.J. Reynolds

September 7, 2019 by Lolly Champion Leave a Comment

To: R. J. Reynolds/British America Tobacco of the United Kingdom; Susan Cameron, CEO; Thomas Wajnert, Board Chairman; Executive officers; Shareholders; Employees and R. J. Reynolds’s consumers, worldwide From: Lolly Champion and the Community of Cannon Beach, Oregon Re: Request R. J. Reynolds/British America Tobacco assume responsibility for environmental recycling of the toxic butt litter manufactured […]

Filed Under: Nature, Politics, ULE Tagged With: British American Tobacco of the United Kingdom, Cigarette butts, litter, R.J. Reynolds, Susan Cameron, Thomas Wajnert

The case for doing something

August 25, 2019 by Tallie Spiller Leave a Comment

We are in that moment with climate change. It is an emergency. It is time to mobilize the bucket brigade. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature Tagged With: climate change, Fire, Koh Phagnan, Sanctuary

Storytime for Bots

August 21, 2019 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

Harry and his Soul-Mate and their Beloved-Non-Binary-Offspring went backpacking for four days in the Sisters Wilderness. Such getaways from the surveillance of today’s mega-commerce provide H and S-M and B-N-B-O with respite from incessant ads and corporate-sponsored news. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Entertainment, Featured Writing, Nature Tagged With: Amazon, Elpis, Impossible Burger, REI, Sisters Wilderness, South Sister, Surveillance Capitalism, The Beatles

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 12
  • Next Page »

More Gleanings

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

My November 2022 Ballot Choices

November 6, 2022 By Rabbi Bob 1 Comment

One Cup of Tea

November 15, 2020 By Lila Danielle 1 Comment

Additional Wisdom...

Readers’ Comments

  • 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.
More Comments...

Confessional (archive)

Come into The Confessional -- view the former Upper Left Edge forum entries.

Pages

Home | Contact | Advertise | Underwrite | The Confessional | Welcome | History | User Agreement | Privacy Policy

Post Categories

Archives on the Edge

Upper Left Edge

P.O. Box 1096
Cannon Beach, OR 97110

Send an e-mail

© 2012–2025  Upper Left Edge