Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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The darkest time of year requires dark poetry. So here’s Irish poet Joseph Campbell (not the well-known chronicler of mythology) with a few fine lines. The dawn whiteness.A bank of slate-grey cloud lying heavily over it.The moon, like a hunted thing, dropping into the cloud. But even with Oregon’s “slate-grey cloud”, there are counterpoints, like…
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So many people — ordinary people, not big names — make the place they live a little bit better. I want to emulate them. There are millions all over the world. Here are seven, a few I know well, a few I’ve come across recently. If you want to feel hopeful, I suggest going on…
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… is always on the verge of happening! That’s what we danced to today at Kellie Chambers’ Nia studio. Nia, a dance fusion that is my (almost) daily practice, marries movement with music that spans a broad range. It can be gentle, meditative. It can be energetic, athletic. As I dance, it can send me…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 