alive, thankful for breatheheart lovingheart not loving all the inhumanityeyes producing tearsa Multnomah Falls of tearsdailyfor dead children, separated families,sick and missing hearts,mouths’ words find a small choirstanding on Mill Plainsigns screaming of insanitiesto passing traffic votesthumbs up, middle fingers upwhile hitting the gas home,words the hand pensfootnotes of feelingin the digital record of historyagainst […]

I smelled the Wild Rose bushes blooming in front of the Children’s Wilderness School,I noticed the resident turtles were happily sunning on the logs on the South East side of their pond,I heard a smattering of chattering of the Mallards while the Wood Ducks and Canadian Goose looked on, I observed two Nutrias swim with

-Pablo Neruda (written in 1950’s) Now we will count to twelveand we will all keep stillfor once on the face of the earth,let’s not speak in any language;let’s stop for a second,and not move our arms so much.It would be an exotic momentwithout rush, without engines;we would all be togetherin a sudden strangeness.Fishermen in the

Sometimes the brain asks for a change in the walk stimulation.most of the time, a walk really isn’t about the number of steps takenor deep breathes shared with the trees, which are individually important factors, but only when taken into accountin accordance with the pace of watching the light move through the trees,which coincides directly

A morning break, walking through the local forestThe old trees, many over 100 years in age,Looking strong on the steep hillside, noticing areas of erosion and places where the tree roots seekfar from the trunk and across the trail to bear their weight. Much of the old growth trees have heavy moss covered trunks and

we stand on the street corners, with hand lettered signswe meet in the downtown squaremany of us are older, we never imagined thislevel of deceit in plain site, in this countrywe listened to the war stories of our parents and grandparents, the ones who survivedwe are standing for our children and grandchildrenWe stand on the

walkin the midst of it allthe chaos and uncertaintywith little optimismmuch hope,sanity in natureRound Lake is one of several connected lakes in Lacamas Park, there are various trails throughout 6 miles with an elevation of 190 feet. The paths are not paved and rocky in certain areas. One must watch their step in this cool