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We do what we can when called upon

In the crystallin vastness of a starry night, if you or I look up into the billions of pin-pricks of light and try to comprehend

November 30, 2015

Politics

Finding inspiration from another’s legacy

I totally admire and hold up as heroes and heroines those people that constantly leave their comfort zones and bravely head out into the public

August 10, 2015

Politics

What’s wrong with this picture?

I am heartened by Malala Yousafzai winning the Nobel Peace Prize because of her determination to allow girls/women access to education. Despite huge cultural pressure,

October 13, 2014

. Peter Adams

An artist’s Sunday sermon on that word

The artist’s chief role is to shift people to a deeper understanding and appreciation of their place in this world. And, if needed, work to

October 5, 2014

Politics

Are the gunmen who kidnapped 200 girls any different from us?

“Why is it that adult men keep young girls from going to school”. Michelle Obama Who are these grown men attempting to snuff out the

May 12, 2014

Politics

Help needed

For close to 40 years the poem “A Ritual to Read to Each Other” by William Stafford has been a constant companion for guidance and

September 18, 2013

Politics

Top dog under dog

A dog sits calmly, head turned towards a glow that emanates soft yellow. Does the dog understand what it is looking at? Maybe to the

March 19, 2008

Politics

Out on a limb

Fact one: Nearly all of the immensely tall old growth mountain ash forests in Australia, the eucalyptus regnans, have been logged away. Most of the

November 28, 2007

Politics

A sea of hands

…..And if, in the end, all other avenues are denied us, if it takes standing on the road to the pulp mill site and placing

November 21, 2007

Politics

Casting a vote to the devil

Witness I want to tell what the forests were like I will have to speak in a forgotten language W.S. Merwin Still fuming after writing

July 31, 2007

Politics

A hopeful struggle

In the forgetting that we, too, are animals, a part of nature, as dependent on its health and balance as any other mammal, we foolishly

July 24, 2007

Politics

Traveling light through life

The first tragedy to strike our tight knit community this past week was the passage by the upper house of the pulp mill fast track

April 4, 2007

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