Continue Reading Possible Worlds Jun Kaneko at Portland Japanese Garden “The Japanese garden is not an enigma. Instead, it is more like an intricate and beautiful specimen of origami whose secrets cannot be readily…
Continue Reading We Must Risk Delight. Two weeks ago I spent an afternoon at a gray, empty beach. Associations to the metaphoric bleakness of the world at large…
Continue Reading The Great Escape I went down a dusty side road to take a last walk on the dike before hunting season begins and the area…
Continue Reading Don’t be a Sucker Let me explain why I chose photographs of glorious sunflowers as an antidote to today’s musings about Fascism 101. The term fascism…
Continue Reading We Owe it to Them In memory of all those who knew to accept the suffering and death with courage and dignity. This plaque hangs on the wall…
Continue Reading L’Shana Tova (5783) Friderike Heuer The Cook and Pomegranates (From the Series Tied to the Moon – 2018) The birthday of the world BY MARGE PIERCY I begin…
Continue Reading Unexpected Wonders Walk with me. I’m systematically doing the rounds of all my special places that will close certain hiking loops after September 30th,…
Continue Reading Impressions from Oregon City Not sure how many people would agree with this sentiment found on Oregon City’s Willamette Terrace walkway. But I do believe we…
Continue Reading Delaying in the Dahlias The only reason that you luck out with all these busy bee (or other insect) photos today is that I needed to…
Continue Reading L.B.Johnson was a Democrat – and other things I learned this week. I stand corrected and appreciate the countless emails gently scolding me for pegging LBJ as a Republican in one of this week’s…
