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Here Try Some of This Ointment

April 17, 2024 by Watt Childress 4 Comments

Imagine life where everyone pitches in with a mix of chores and creative leisure. One barely sees this balance from today’s towers of ranking prey.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit, ULE Tagged With: Al-Eizariya, Appalachia, Bethany, Falafel, Isabel Wilkerson, Israel, Jesus, Knoxville, Mary, Nard, Origin, Palestine, Solomon, Spikenard

We are the Luminaries

August 8, 2023 by Watt Childress 2 Comments

Bioluminescence is a perfect metaphor for community spirit. Resilience glows when we celebrate mutual respect and dispel misunderstandings. A primordial way for humans to convey this radiance is through storytelling.

Filed Under: Happenings, ULE

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

My November 2022 Ballot Choices

November 6, 2022 by Rabbi Bob 1 Comment

It’s time again to exercise that most important of citizen’s duties in our republic (I won’t use the word “democracy” here to avoid adding to the chorus of folks talking about its end) – voting. (Actually, I’m thinking that a general boycott of the vote is a good idea, but that’s for another post.) As […]

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One Cup of Tea

November 15, 2020 by Lila Danielle 1 Comment

Perhaps, someday…
when the shattering is complete,
we will sit in each other’s company again,
rest in the space of shared silence.
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Filed Under: Poetry, Spirit, ULE

Buenas Tardes

April 1, 2020 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

En el paseo dorado, los saludos fluyen entre lugareños y visitantes. Las sombras serenatan la luz. Nuestra separación descansa y nos volvemos a una mescolanza de alma.

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

Odyssey

September 13, 2019 by Rick Bonn 3 Comments

As soon as he woke up, he knew they were gone. The house was cold and quiet and gray. No laughter peeled off walls.

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Filed Under: Fiction, ULE

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

Bipartisan Budget Baloney

July 27, 2019 by Watt Childress 3 Comments

I’m praying a coalition of conservatives and progressives will move us beyond business-as-usual, even though the former seem to love swords more than plowshares, and the latter have yet to show much potential as budget hawks. We can learn. [Read More]

Filed Under: Politics, ULE Tagged With: Federal Budget, Military Spending, Pentagon, Supreme Court

White Squad boosts big government spending for Trump

July 23, 2019 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

The political landscape will shift if progressives challenge this budget deal and use the opportunity to advance fiscal responsibility. Taxpayers win when humanitarian aims are coupled with cuts in corrupt spending, adherence to balanced budgets, and aversion to the debt industry. [Read More]

Filed Under: Politics, ULE Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chuck Schumer, Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, White Squad

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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

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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.
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