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If you have 39 minutes and 20 seconds and want to listen, this interview is well worth your time. Excerpt from the interview with  Sherm...

"You undoubtedly know that Martin Luther King, Jr.  was a progressive Christian and champion of civil rights and the social gospel. ...

I stood out on my porch as the sun rose at 8:01 this Winter Solstice morning.  There was melting snow on the ground below...

December 8 was the seventh anniversary of my blog.  Some of you know the history of my blog.  For those who don't, I'll t...

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ( Ne...

Here you can see where the creek becomes a waterfall. Just beyond this is the WPA  bridge. Just...

Tazhii Da'Aghat (People Are Eating Turkey) Note:  The diacritical mark is missing under the first '"a,...

Yesterday, after waking up with a bad cold that just won't go away and is preventing me from volunteering with the babies at the dayca...

Last night I was relieved to receive an email from my friend who flew to the Philippines on October 30th after the unexpected death of her...

The Golden Notebook (1962) The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five (1980) The Diary of a Good Neighbor (1984) Alfr...

After having followed a link at wood s lot to  Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann's Way)  and reading from Proust, it...

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"You have an idea; it comes from somewhere, and it works.  It always comes from deep down.  You don't know why y...

Our hearts go out A friend of mine emailed me before she flew to the Philippines on October 30th after the unexpected...

"I've been around iron all my life ever since I was a kid. I was born and raised in iron ore country - where you ...

Rumors of peace

Spending an afternoon in a gently lit room full of babies once a week is a revelation to me. There are no computers or cell phones in this...

You have to be very strong, ’cause you’ll start from zero Over and over again… ( Thanks to  Goat  for Lou Reed lyrics ...

Find poem  here . That's Whatcom Falls viewed from the WPA bridge over Whatcom Creek in Whatcom Falls Park.