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Resonance Revisited
Another layer of ice arrived last night, which means another day of seclusion in our ongoing storm saga. Next week it’s going to warm up to the 50s, so hooray for that. But the warmer temperatures won’t revive the many fallen giants around here. Trees, that is. I’ve mentioned them earlier in the week here, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Imagine your reader arriving jet-legged
It’s another harsh morning here in the Pacific Northwest. We’re still digging out from an arctic storm and brutal winds blasting in from the Columbia River Gorge. The region has a staggering number of trees down crashing into roofs, flattening cars, and taking out power lines. While main thoroughfares are driveable, many roads are still […]
Read the rest of this entry »Winter Reading
I’m awake annoying early, it’s 39 degrees farenheit here, and the winds have settled down. Unlike other parts of the country now blanketed in white, the snow, ice, sleet, winds, and freezing temperatures haven’t arrived yet in the Willamette Valley, but they’re arriving tonight. When I first moved here in 1993 I’d venture out when […]
Read the rest of this entry »Instead of Counting Sheep
I awoke early remembering a dream where I gazed up, awestruck at the night sky crammed with constellations and planets and a magical blanketing of diamonds across the heavens. Not all the constellations were familiar so I was searching for Orion, the Big Dipper, and Casseopia and found them, relieved. So now to ponder its […]
Read the rest of this entry »Richard Bausch: the province of creation
Reprise Again 1975. Just out of the Iowa Workshop. Working adjunct at three different schools. And when it came time to work each night, would pace, near sick with fear, before I’d sit down to try it, try putting something down, anything. I don’t know why I was afraid, since NOTHING in one day’s work […]
Read the rest of this entry »The always-wise Richard Bausch
If you’re read my post from January of 2013 you might have rightly concluded that when January rolls around I’m usually simply tired while longing for snow and quiet. And what lies ahead in the new year–taking down my magical Christmas tree and decorations is one of my least-favorite tasks. So many delicate trinkets to […]
Read the rest of this entry »From ten years ago…
Ten years ago seems worlds and lifetimes away. That said I published this column January 4th, 2013 and agree with my own points here–that’s supposed to be funny. What’s Next is about January, slow beginnings, and a proposal to ease into the year. And why not? Surely we’ll need to reserve stamina for the final […]
Read the rest of this entry »Writers’ Resolutions
Like many people I’ve been thinking about resolutions and goal setting for this new year. I’ve got two: move more and write more. And I’ve been thinking about my niece Naomi who died almost three years ago at 42 from cancer. It was a brutal, horrible death, in the midst of the Covid pandemic so […]
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