Continue Reading Hiking Yesterday it was all about marching. Today it’s going to be about hiking. Alas, not the real thing, given that trails are…
Continue Reading Marching On Saturday I took part in the March for Science here in PDX, one of 600 sister marches across the country and,…
Continue Reading Seeking the Light On a Friday in spring what better than branching out – we had jokes at the beginning of the week, might as…
Continue Reading Poetic Flora or Modest Bloom? An April Thursday delights the eye with modest treasures – small blossoms, peeking out from here or there. Back home, on the computer…
Continue Reading Lying Trees? On a spring Wednesday I revel in blossoming trees. And no, Adorno can’t take the pleasure away from me, hard as he may…
Continue Reading Nesting On a spring Tuesday I am hunting for nests. Mostly so I can recite this poem…. For every Bird a Nest— Wherefore in timid quest Some little…
Continue Reading Spring What do we do during spring here in Oregon? On Monday we tiptoe through the tulips, and ponder which of the below is…
Continue Reading Resilience Today’s profile in this week on courage is about a man who lost his face. It was literally eaten up by a bacterial…
Continue Reading The Fight against Racism Today I want to celebrate the courage of a woman known to all of us and the determination and ingenuity of a…
Continue Reading Converting Loss It takes enormous courage to deal with traumatic injury or other assaults on your physical existence. Here is the most encouraging story of…
