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Easter, The Earth And The Great Turning

April 12th, 2009 · No Comments · home & garden, nature, spirituality

It’s Easter morning! And warmish out! My pear trees and blueberry bushes are blossoming, our baby chicks are growing into leggy adolescents, and I’ll soon walk over to choir practice at Tabor Heights Methodist, where we’ll rehearse  — with trumpet players! -  for the Easter service. It’s all so climactic.  . . . diamond-cut, really. [...]

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Being Guided Across the Divide

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · health & well being, spirituality, sustainability

How afraid are you of death, whether your own or that of someone you love? Because I feel certain of the soul living on after physical death, my fear has usually been of dying before I was certain I’d made a small but positive difference in the world. That fear of leaving this world too [...]

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Fierce Vitality In Ashland, Oregon

February 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · entertainment, lifestyle

When do you feel the most vibrantly alive? Where do you feel it in your body? What activity or situation stitches your body, soul and heart all together into a joyous whole? I accidentally tripped into the zone of fierce vitality last night like Alice falling into the rabbit hole. It started out sedately. I [...]

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I Remember Loving You

February 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · entertainment

How do you get young people to carry forward the most precious parts of whatever culture you’re living in? How do you make what you love relevant to the next generation? Millions struggle with this daily, and not just parents and teachers. It’s more universal than that.  I collided head-on with this question last night [...]

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Nights Of Passion, No Regrets Part II

January 24th, 2009 · No Comments · entertainment, lifestyle

Last week in Part I of Nights of Passion I noted that the arts make our lives richer and juicier, more soulful and joyous . . . . . definitely diamond-cut life attributes. I wrote this essay in the past while listening to the Portland Symphony Orchestra at Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium — but it’s set [...]

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Nights Of Passion, No Regrets In The Morning

January 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · entertainment, lifestyle

My favorite tagline ever belonged to the Portland Opera: nights of passion, no regrets in the morning. I actually wrote today’s post (written in the past, but in the present tense) during a concert of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, but the principle of the passion-tagline rings true across the board: the arts make our lives [...]

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