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Neighborhood party
She said, this is what it’s about. Community. Vote for your community, she said. I said, yeah, totally. It was 44 degrees and raining most of the time and also muddy. Still, people showed up at this neighborhood party that was advertised on sign posts. I walked over with a couple poems in my back pocket to catch the open mic part. When I saw open mic, I knew I was going to do it. The first…
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Willamette river
Can one person make a difference? Trying feels better than not trying. I spent a couple hours this weekend doing a volunteer trash pick-up for a river that is 35 million years old, give or take. The Willamette river is the 13th largest river in the U.S. It is 187 miles long. A key source for this river is Waldo lake, one of the purest lakes in the world. Willamette Falls, near Oregon City, is…
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Liver spring
The season of spring is vigorous and forceful because things have to grow. We need to move like the wind and in fact, wind is the weather of spring. Spring is the the color of bright green, the element is wood, and the organ is liver. Liver’s partner is the gall bladder. Anger is associated with the liver. I just read about the roots of anger and it’s easy to understand why there is so much of…
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Habitat Restoration
After clearing weeds and grass, the willows, cottonwoods, and dogwoods take root It was beautiful. It was fun. It was hard work. We brought our love of beavers, nature, and our lunch to spend the day tackling a habitat restoration project under the care of Beaverworks. We worked very hard with hand tools for hours. You must have wit, grit, and a sense of wonderment to complete such a project.…
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Dynamic situations
I made a photo booth without walls to mindfully receive images of happy birds landing into the frame by choice. I fired up the Canon Rebel XSi with a zoom lens and braced myself against a tree. The camera would not focus on the subject because I was impatient and had not allowed enough time for the battery to charge. This led to some cursing, which felt unseemly in this context, so I…
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Trumpeter's call wins
Trumpeter’s call wins
https://beaverworks.org/trumpeter-swan-and-beaver/
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That Clear and Certain Sound
That Clear and Certain Sound
By Pamela Haines Book review by Mary Ann Petersen What rings true? Something with “that clear and certain sound.” Photo by friend’s brother in Norway a couple days ago This book by Pamela Haines is short and dense with content. It is part of the series Quaker Quicks. As Haines describes it, she assembled the book from a series of essays and meditations she had composed over many years,…
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Lower the temp; raise the vibe
Lower the temp; raise the vibe
The Pacific I think one reason mask wearing became controversial is because it was an act of respect and half of Americans didn’t want to. It was inconvenient. To be asked to put a mask over your blowhole to resist spraying others nearby was viewed as so totally unreasonable it actually got people killed. I’ve come up with a new mandate after watching the unpleasant conflicts around…
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Safety
University of Oregon from Mac Court I just donated dog beds no longer needed by my friend’s dog who died. The beds are in good shape and ready to be slept on by living dogs. This is a normal happening, beings passing through using beds while here. I notice a lot of people have emotional support animals. The animals are calm and grounding for their person. I am one of those for my dog. I am her…
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Office Hours
I’m holding office hours Saturdays 11:00-1:00. Drop-in, in-person or zoom option. Stop by if you need to check-in. No need to sign up in advance. Keeping office hours creates a window for inquiry. A structured framework for interaction. I have friends who host office hours. They said often no one comes. I am prepared to hold office hours where nobody comes. Topics are open. Naturally I like…
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Tree poem
If I were a tree I’d be yew Live in an old churchyard in the British countryside Remembering when my limbs were used To make bows for arrows For the battles of the short-lived ones on two legs I’d stand bent over Hiding my poison medicine My toxic healing Stretching out the reaching branches To be carved into divination rods Wands of healing Connecting the upper and lower Side…
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Fan letters
I dried my bed sheets on a stool in front of my stove like it was 1850. It was not. It was 2022 and my dryer is broken. I’d pass them every few times an hour and rotate them on the stool, which turned out to be grounding and pleasant and much less energy use than a dryer. Have you ever written a fan letter? I did once to Patch Adams. He answered with a hand-written card. I wrote my second one…
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Gratitude
https://pixie223.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/5-things-i-am-grateful-for-today/ I’m writing occasional prompts this month for #Bloganuary. Just trying something new. This is one of them that I wrote on an old blogging site I started and then tossed, but it’s still hanging around so I am using it for practice writing.
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Thresholds
Looking south on Spencer’s Butte In the darkness of winter, I have many questions. I woke up wondering if snowy owl should be capitalized. It shouldn’t. Mona Lisa should be capitalized. Big Dipper is capitalized. Plants and animals are less consistent. Aside from punctuation, I wonder about how we’ve been trained to not speak negatively and how sometimes this is correct so that we don’t…
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Passing through
To make courageous decisions I practice feeling temporary. Pretend life is temporary and eventually none of this will matter. Imagine we are here a very short time and then disappear leaving no trace. I practice doing now what I feel drawn to. I am not going to be remembered. We are all hounded relentlessly by bullshit and I don’t wish to accommodate it any longer. This includes pop music in…
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Crow habit
I have a crow habit. I know them: Crow, Crowie, and Croatia. There are more but I can’t remember their names. Some have asked me to paint them as they see themselves. It’s hard to describe but they don’t see themselves like we see them. They can be oversized black squares of energy that talk and move around in trees and fields. One square might be one crow or it might be 100. Earlier I attacked…
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Quaker book review
Quakers Do What! Why? by Rhiannon Grant Reviewed by Mary Ann Petersen I am convinced again, Friends! Credit goes to Quakers Do What! Why?, a 72-page booklet from Quaker Quicks, written by Rhiannon Grant. In it, she takes the reader through a wide range of beliefs and practices of unprogrammed Quakers, using a friendly, conversational style. For example, the first chapter is titled: “Wait –…
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