When one writes poetry from the practice of outside, you can go back and look at poems 10 months old and marvel at the...
After The Japanese 9-12
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R.I.P. Ralph Maud (1928-2014)
On December 11, 2014, Cascadia lost one of its most important scholars when Ralph Maud died a couple of weeks short of...
Cuba Libre
I had just dropped off my daughter Ella Roque at her Spanish immersion pre-school and parked in front of my favorite...
After the Japanese 5-8
My hiking partner and I had made it to the end of the Hoh River Trail, 17.5 miles, and had done a silence ritual,...
Sam Hamill & Christopher Yohmei Blasdel N.1.14
On November 1, 2014, the home of my spiritual community was the site of an event that truly illustrates the mission of...
Bioregionalism or Endless Garbage
There needs to be a new idea or a more fleshed out idea of what a human being is in reference to sharing the biosphere...
Uncascadian
It was a long day, but one filled with vision and inspiration last Saturday (Dec 6, 2014) as I was part of a Board...
100 Poems After the Japanese
Having finished back in May a series of poems inspired by the classic Japanese anthology, I come to it now after...
St. Paul Seattle N.30.14
It is a testament to the good of social media that an event like Seattle/St. Paul, which happened last night in St....
The Biosphere & the Bioregion
I've just finished the new book on the Essential Writings of Peter Berg. The Biosphere and the Bioregion is the title...
Ferguson, Race, Privilege and Life in a Police State
Was inspired by seeing Jarret Middleton's thoughts about the lack of charges brought against Darren Wilson, the...
501. Hawthorne Presence
WooHoo! The last 2014 August Poetry Postcard! (See all here.) And with only 221 days until the next call goes...