Greetings from Alison Wiley here in Portland, Oregon. I'm a writer/doer/thinker who lives happily by putting people, nature and God ahead of accumulating more stuff. Read more →
“She’s naked under those clothes,” my husband said solemnly the other evening. He was referring to a good-looking woman sitting at Songbird Cafe. I cracked up. “We’re all naked under our clothes! Your material is getting better, honey.” Thor has a lifelong campaign to
Tags: 350·350.org·climate change·clothes·faith·fossil fuels·naked·resiliency
Have you ever stared down a paralyzing fear – and gained mastery of it, to where you then walked into your power, your sphere of influence? This is my long-promised sequel to Alison Cassandra Barcelona, in which I’ll tell why I feel hope rather than despair about
Tags: 350.0rg·collapse·copenhagen talks·faith·nightmares·roommates·sphere of influence
I just returned from Crater Lake, Oregon, where Thor and I went on a three-day cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trip with a group of 22 organized by Portland Parks and Recreation. It was sparkly, low-consumption, deeply satisfying, a good outing for the diamond-cut life I keep learning how to craft.
To clarify, we had sparkly snow and sun on Sunday, but a snowstorm on Saturday
Tags: Crater Lake·cross-country skiing·dork·faith·happiness·Oregon·recreation·skiing·snow
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