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]
Spirit of the Winds
People who live on the North Coast will tell you that South Wind loves to travel up the coast in the winter time changing things as he goes. In the old days, he had many headbands. [Read More]
Open Letter to the Cannon Beach Fire Department
To the Cannon Beach Fire Department Board of Directors, I wanted to write you a letter to tell you that, while I don’t necessarily know “why” you fired Mike Balzar, I simply cannot understand the “how.” I originally met Mike and two of his daughters Kellye and Krysti, playing on a co-ed softball team […]
Dawn’s dictionary of local-isms and geek speak
Baby Boomerang: An adult kid that moves back in to live with ma and pa…happening a lot these days. Dumb Phone: What I have. The opposite of a “smart phone” which is what distracts a lot of people. Feral Female: Untamed and definitely undomesticated wild woman…watch out, there are a lot of ’em around here […]
A View From the First People
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]
The Gravity of Choosing Our Experience in Relationships
I’ve never known anyone for any length of time that isn’t dealing with some sort of shadowy something. [Read More]
Birdman
True to their fears, a figure came charging around the bend, arms stretched out like some albatross clumsily taking to the air. [Read More]
All Things Must Change — Eventually
Most Sundays (though this week it was Saturday), I talk with a German friend of mine, Volker, using the wonderful Skype software. Because we talk via our devices and not the phone, the “calls” are free (except for the Internet charges we pay in any case).[More…]
Three Stones and a Pipe
Words are shared in memory of Steve McLeod, beloved artist and gatherer. [Read More]
Travel Light
The German Bundeswehr meant to draft me for two years of service for the fatherland. But I was already an expatriate, had other notions for my life. [Read More]
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