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 →
Two things (at least) stirred my soul during the inaugurational ceremonies yesterday of Governor John Kitzhaber here in Oregon. One was a phrase used by poet Kim Robert Stafford in his inspirational poem. The phrase was “abundance moving toward need”. That’s a diamond-cut concept if I ever heard one, the idea that abundance — I [...]
Tags: abundance·Ducks·Governor John Kitzhaber·inauguration·Kim Robert Stafford·rich and poor·social justice·soul·spectator sports
Yesterday while working on my novel during the vanpool ride to and from work (the novel that has pre-empted frequent blog-posts), my fingers started writing (it wasn’t my mind, it was my fingers) that the protagonist actually loved a certain place in the world more than she had loved her ex-husband. And she had loved [...]
Tags: Columbia Gorge·land·Paddy Moloney·place·soul·St. Patrick's day
My next post will be Part II of Making The Ocean Drinkable, my short series on desalination (see here for Part I). This weekend I am in Southern California, where I grew up, visiting family and friends, but particularly my elderly parents. Today’s post is more personal and inspired by my mother, who is in [...]
Tags: Depression·family·Great Depression·happiness·life·Parkinson's disease·soul
In the past month I’ve been writing energetically (raving?) about the economic crisis and the presidential race. They matter a lot to me. But I think it’s our deep inner lives, the lives of our souls, that guide us into wisdom, joy and what I term the diamond-cut life. A few weeks ago I was [...]
Tags: culture·economics·haiku·happiness·nature·outdoors·photo courtesy of stewf·religion·soul·spirituality
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