There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Winter is Coming: Where do we go from here?
The December morning sky is a grim, pale grey today. After a week of cold, crisp, dry days that began with rosy-hued sunrises, the rain is returning. And I’m returning to my regularly scheduled program (slight joke) after traveling to Milwaukee to spend time with my dad, siblings, and friends, then returning to Oregon with […]
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For writers everywhere. For artists and their visions. For workers who harvest, farmers and growers who plant and tend and gather eggs, the cheese makers, the bread bakers, the cooks, and the dishwashers. But especially giving thanks to those who share, volunteer, and put their shoulders to the wheel. For those who teach and care […]
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The morning skies are quiet and there’s a rosy sunrise burning through the firs. It was cold again last night–down into the 30s and I’m wearing heavy socks and I’m nestled under a cozy throw in a muted pumpkin shade. Towering storm clouds are taking over the skies this November as a Pacific front sweeps […]
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You don’t need me to tell you we’re living in strange times. Let me amend that. Since much of the history of the human race has involved all matter of weirdness and difficulties, let’s say stranger than most times. When life hands you a raw deal or heartbreak, a scary, shitshow future, or distrust in […]
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I’ll spare you my opinions on the election, but there is a deep thundering within me. Sorrow wants to swallow me whole and hold me in grief’s endless prison. And the world is simply a atilt, dizzying, and bewildering. A planet galactic and empty and cold. However, I just want to say this to writers, […]
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