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Ecotone

March 13, 2016 by Nancy Slavin 1 Comment

A natural zone between land and sea
where life holds to rock while waves work to wash life clean…

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Filed Under: Nature, Poetry, ULE

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

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

Final Plea to Save the Homesteader Forest

December 19, 2015 by Gwendolyn Endicott 2 Comments

We are up to the wire on saving the Homesteader forest. But I am told it is not over until the auction.

Filed Under: Nature, ULE Tagged With: Doug Decker, Homesteader Forest, Homesteader Tract, Liz Dent, Oregon Department of Forestry

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

Women Talk Forest

November 18, 2015 by Gwendolyn Endicott 1 Comment

I have been following with deep concern the proposed logging of the “Homesteader Tract” in the Buster Creek Basin of Clatsop County. I would like to believe that Oregon Department of Forestry has some sense of the value of these older forests whose fate they hold in their hands. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit Tagged With: clearcut, Homesteader Tract, Oregon Department of Forestry

A View From the First People

October 20, 2015 by Roberta Basch 3 Comments

This is where the medicine men throw lightening. Its name is Swalalahoost. From a distance, far from it’s true qualities, it’s referred to as Saddle Mountain. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature, Spirit

It’s all about the Salmon

October 5, 2015 by Rabbi Bob Leave a Comment

It’s probably not too much of a stretch to say that we revere salmon in these parts. Not in the same sense as the Native American population, but salmon certainly are given preference over their non-human predators, and their preservation as a species is codified in many of our laws. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature

The Art of Organic Goat Cheese

October 4, 2015 by Jennifer Childress Leave a Comment

You hear that making cheese is an art. It is. But I’ll tell you a secret: some recipes are really easy. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Food, Nature

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