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May Their Memory Be For A Blessing

My mother’s Jahrzeit returns this weekend for the 38. time, she did not even reach 60 years of age. Neither did another,…

• Poetry
• November 26, 2021
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Historic Parallels

Imagine a flood of young men who are uprooted, lack perspective, unable to find employment, frustrated by promises of improvement that never…

• History, Politics
• November 24, 2021
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Reaction(s)

The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening. –Rosa Luxemburg

The air was crisp, the kind…

• Justice
• November 22, 2021
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S Moody Ave.

I was in a mood. So was the sky.

Walking down South Moody Avenue and neighboring streets on Wednesday I was raging…

• Architecture, Social Justice
• November 19, 2021
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Conifers

Conifers are a group of ancient plants that include cedars, firs, cypresses, junipers, kauri, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces and yews. I notice…

• Environmental Protection, Nature
• November 17, 2021
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Protecting the Region

21 years ago two environmental organizations, Columbia River United and Clean Water Columbia, joined hands to form the Columbia Riverkeeper. The organization’s…

• Documentary Film, Environmental Protection
• November 15, 2021
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Displacement

Next-door Neighbors is a list-serve that lands in my inbox on a daily basis. Calls for lost cats, yard debris removal, plant…

• Racism, Social Justice
• November 12, 2021
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The Bellwether

bell·weth·er

/ˈbelˌweT͟Hər / noun

the leading sheep of a flock, with a bell on its neck.

an indicator or predictor of something.

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• Animal Husbandry, Art, History
• November 10, 2021
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If Life Gives You Shards…

Broken strategies. Broken systems. Broken hearts. Lots of wreckage after the results of this week’s election, and lots of gratuitous commentary by…

• Art
• November 5, 2021
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Playing Possum

Dia de los Muertos ended yesterday, and you, dear reader, might have detected that issues related to death was the theme of…

• Biology
• November 3, 2021
• 2 Comments