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Be Sure To Show Your Work

March 22, 2018 by Gambele Kerr Leave a Comment

A bus takes two days
to reach your destination.
Better bring pizza.

Filed Under: Art, Poetry, ULE

Minus Tide

March 22, 2018 by Rob Gourley Leave a Comment

Uneven runnels between larger outcrops
deepen, getting out to the surf-spray edge,
where waves confront black rocks in loud wallops.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Nature, Poetry, ULE

Cannon Beach premiers films on climate change

March 11, 2018 by Cindy Bryden Leave a Comment

HALO hopes all concerned citizens in the northern coastal Oregon and Washington area will be able to attend one of these two afternoon performances March 18th and 19th in Cannon Beach. [Read More]

Filed Under: Movies, Nature, ULE

Nine Minutes

December 29, 2016 by Gwendolyn Endicott Leave a Comment

On the Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, at noon in Manzanita, a group of Watershed Heroes spoke at a meeting of the Tillamook County Commission.

Filed Under: Nature, Politics, ULE

Jesus We’re Cold Inside

December 24, 2016 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

Cultural authorities remind us of the reason for the season. Symbols of Christ’s lowly birth add feelings of pious humility to the flashy mash up of religion and commerce. [Read More]

Filed Under: Spirit, ULE

The Stars Still Shine Bright

November 20, 2016 by Rabbi Bob 2 Comments

I just got back from a walk around the neighborhood that I took with Lilly over a thousand times in the almost exactly three years she was with us. I know the canine (even better than the human) residents of almost all the houses I passed. Amazingly, not one of them uttered a sound (that I could hear) on the half-hour walk. [Read more]

Filed Under: Nature, Spirit, ULE Tagged With: dawg-dawg, Lilly

Rabbi Bob’s 2016 General Election Ballot

October 30, 2016 by Rabbi Bob Leave a Comment

Yes, I know you’ve been waiting to mail your ballot in until you get the word from the Rabbi himself. Wait no longer, oh confused flock! Rest assured I have it from the highest authority that the choices below are your best chance at a government that can deliver to you all the goodies you […]

Filed Under: Feature, Politics, ULE

Surfing Without a Pair

October 19, 2016 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

From what I’ve seen, the cross-cultural truth about cajones is that they often cause serious wipe outs. Yet for some reason people talk as if they’re essential to success, even for women. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Politics, ULE

Variation on a Sparrow Haiku

September 5, 2016 by Rob Gourley Leave a Comment

My wren haiku is a variation on Kerouac-Berrigan’s collaborative effort.

Filed Under: Nature, Poetry, ULE Tagged With: Jack Kerouac, Ted Berrigan

IF THE FOREST COULD SAY…

August 14, 2016 by Gwendolyn Endicott 1 Comment

The Welsh people had a word for the feeling of love and belonging to the land — hiraeth. Families and clans that lived generation after generation in the same place experienced a deep knowing of the land that did not translate simply as “ownership.”

Filed Under: Nature, Spirit, ULE

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    This response is far from timely, I know. But in honor of the ancestors I thank you for helping us
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