Category: Story
fiction and other truths
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I don’t know why I’ve taken a few years to get around to Lauren Kessler’s excellent book about tackling one of the toughest forms of dance at a time in life when most of us are preferring to sit longer in comfy chairs. But I’ve become enamored with dance myself in the last two years,…
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In 2020, I had the singular pleasure of writing about Bob Keefer, himself a longtime journalist who has become a unique artist, taking black and white photographs and hand painting them, using a technique that was common in the era of black and white photos. Oregon Artswatch published the piece about Bob and they were…
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Last month, while Washington demonstrated its skills at epic non-compromise, I got to watch something magical unfolding in a local elementary school. Groups of fourth-graders were discussing the merits of work. The discussion was remarkable for the caliber of reasoning the students brought to the table: Is “thinking” work more valuable than “labor” work? Who…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 