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Just Suppose

July 31, 2016 by Catherine M. Gardner Leave a Comment

Just suppose all the small and not so small gestures we make toward each other in the course of a day were completely selfless. [Read More]

Filed Under: Spirit, ULE

A Flickering Heartbeat

June 19, 2016 by H. Marion 1 Comment

The storm
is brewing,
I can feel it.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE Tagged With: Insomnia, Melancholy, Poetry, Ramblings

Bards of a Feather

May 31, 2016 by Tony Farrenkopf Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Books, Photography, ULE

Susie

May 3, 2016 by Mary Lou McAuley 1 Comment

I knew him.
He had an old dog
named Susie.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

Note from the Cottage with Roof Replaced

April 14, 2016 by Rob Gourley 3 Comments

Perhaps it’s silly to mention
from my far-flung harbor region ….
The tri-color ink-drawn delight
of four geese running to take flight….

[Read More]

Filed Under: Nature, Poetry, ULE Tagged With: Clamming, Instructions, Motherhood

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…

[Read More]

Filed Under: Nature, Poetry, ULE

Where I Belong

March 10, 2016 by Gregory Zschomler Leave a Comment

Toes cold in the sea, numb to the pain
Ambling along, no striving for gain

[Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, Spirit, ULE

Amen

February 1, 2016 by Carol Vanderford 1 Comment

Sometimes I just don’t want to be
The gracious woman
Anymore.

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

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

Tres Haiku

December 9, 2015 by T H Savaht 2 Comments

poems speak like otters
on their backs cracking clams
always opening

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

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  • K H
    September 24, 2025 at 8:09 am
    on The Genocide of the American Indian, and Their Refusal to Die
    This response is far from timely, I know. But in honor of the ancestors I thank you for helping us
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    September 22, 2025 at 12:35 am
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