Continue Reading Fleeting irritation. Lasting joy. The essay (linked below) appeared on Sunday in Oregon ArtsWatch. Longish piece, but I had to tackle one of my pet peeves: Botanical…
Continue Reading Fleeting Anguish. Lasting Hope. Yesterday I marched through downtown Portland to the river with many people who I don’t usually meet. The Indigenous Women’s March was…
Continue Reading Cold Peace Germany has seen a major storm yesterday, coincidentally named Friederike, with hurricane strengt fury. Snow, ice and winds up to 200 kpm…
Continue Reading Duck cum Fit with some goose bumps thrown in In so may words: They are ducking their responsibility. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/ryan-hopes-to-avert-shutdown-by-funding-chip-cutting-taxes.html They are complicit by sticking their head in the sand, or the mud, as…
Continue Reading Sparks of Fire A bit of fire represented by sunlit shrubbery all photographed yesterday might counterbalance Monday’s water and Tuesday’s ashes, I thought. Well, the colors…
Continue Reading A Smidgen of Black Yesterday the US celebrated Martin Luther King Day, with the usual platitudes, the usual wagging fingers from sources that otherwise spew racist…
Continue Reading Drops of Water Wish I could just relish the beauty of little drops of water. Water is on my mind because of the crisis in…
Continue Reading Sewing The Laika exhibit at PAM showed whole wardrobes of tiny clothes for its tiny characters. For our last installment of made by hand,…
Continue Reading Small Houses This week is devoted to the process of making things by hand, and building houses fits the category. In fact, one of…
Continue Reading Shoe Makers I might not be a minor god, but I’m a miniature Imelda, with a conscience. Remember her, the Philipine’s Marcos/monster’s wife, she…
