I know. You think I’ve degenerated into being a slacker. No, a frigging slacker. You picture me lounging around in coffee shops in torn clothing, pink-streaked hair and freshly inked tatoos. You see me reading subversive literature and debating land use in heated, holier-than-thou tones (you possibly watch Portlandia). Well, I can own there’s been [...]
Entries Tagged as 'writing'
Come Inside My Curtain
January 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment · sustainability
Tags: Erick Mertz·love·New Years resolutions·Portlandia·Revelle·slacker·writing
Have Our Creature-Paths Crossed?
August 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · work
That is what writer Lidia Yuknavitch spontaneously asked me when we met at the Willamette Writers Conference earlier this month. Her face was warm and radiant and she had long, wavy blond hair. I replied I didn’t think our creature-paths had yet crossed, but I so much liked her way of expressing the uncanny sense [...]
Tags: Boardman Oregon·business writing·Columbia River·Lidia Yuknavitch·Lidia Yuknovitch·Mount Hood Community College·writing
Regeneration In The Growing Darkness
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · energy, food & drink, sustainability
Winter has really set in here in Portland — coldness, darkness, incessant rain – so much so that it’s hard to believe we’re still three weeks away from the shortest day of the year (the winter solstice). I’m looking forward to my brother Mick visiting for Christmas. He’s a laughter-inducing
Tags: Burgerville·newts·solstice·writing
Being Fed By The Forest
November 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, nature, work
Blythe traipsed in late yesterday afternoon to our writing group’s opening session here at Opal Creek, living up to her name, towing with her a forest treasure that startled me into a double take. I’d never seen a cauliflower mushroom before. It was huger than a Halloween pumpkin but formed of air and a fawn-colored, [...]
Inviting Guest Posts!
December 10th, 2008 · No Comments · community, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability
by Alison Wiley Diamond-Cut Life embraces community and lots of different voices and perspectives. I am wide open to guest post on topics related to sustainability and/or living happily while treading lightly on the earth. Diamond-Cut Life has gotten 20,000 web-hits in its first year of publication. So you’ll get read! The only thing I [...]
Tags: blogging·global warming·green living·guest post·happiness·Oregon·writing
