Continue Reading The Ruckus Clause Remember the Ruckus Clause in the Constitution – the one that says if you create a ruckus in this country while legally…
Continue Reading The Sultan’s Turban. – In memory of my friend, Dutch-American painter Henk Pander. You are missed. – Henk Pander Remembering Haarlem (1922) Painted a year before…
Continue Reading The Brain on Art Confession: I “borrowed” this title from a neuroscience research study that explored the interaction between aesthetic experience and personal relevance when looking…
Continue Reading Stone Soup. It looks like one of the organizations that help folks on the margins reenter social life equipped with new professional skills, is…
Continue Reading Finding Gifts. Yesterday was a good, a surprisingly good day. I had gone to Sauvies Island, rather than giving in to fatigue, and found…
Continue Reading Seeking Warmth. “It is the fundamental task of art to fight against alienation – to go to bat for authentic hearing, seeing, feeling, thinking…
Continue Reading Hope and Ashes Would you like to walk with me, or, as the case may be, drive from Oregon’s West across the mountain passes to…
Continue Reading Intermission I am taking a few days off. I will leave you with this from Rebecca Solnit. Going to pay a bit of attention…
Continue Reading And another one in the interesting people department…. It is March, spring is around the corner and nature is slowly waking up. Dainty snowdrops do their ballerina imitation. Croci clusters shine…
Continue Reading This, That, and the Other Thing. I know, it’s Friday. Week was long and hard for many. You need some things to smile about, and I will comply…
