A voice from the past sounds off on contemporary social and political issues, in particular the question of whether or not to abolish the death penalty in Oregon.
Archives for March 2013
A Congenital Life: Part 3 of 5
The boy didn’t flinch when she placed the cold steel on the warm, rice paper flesh of his arm, surprisingly damp against her fingertips. She counted. Calculated. One-twenty. Racing.
Lessons Learned from the Holidays
The author makes some practical suggestions for a healthier approach both to holiday eating and to making those New Year’s resolutions that often result from the excesses of the holidays
Finding True NORTH
What if instead of raising children, we raised them UP – to the light, to stand up and face forward?
What Can We Do for Elephants? – UPDATE
The CITES conference opened in Bangkok on March 3 with a pledge by Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to end Thailand’s domestic ivory trade. Could this be a small victory for elephants? Maybe.
Tarmac Meditations #113: Why I Shoot Ultras – Part 1
When I am not writing Tarmac Meditations for Life as a Human I am a race photographer who loves to shoot ultras and a writer who likes to write about shooting images, photography and running; that is when I am not wandering around in a dream state about the Great American Novel.
A Congenital Life: Part 2 of 5
She registered nothing about his mother who held his hand and led him to the big comfy chair upholstered in soft leather where he perched without making an indentation, his legs straight as crutches, the insides of both thighs turbulent with burn scars.
Oh Canada!
Making a new life in a new country can be amazing, wonderful, scary, and sometimes traumatizing, but how you meet and beat those challenges can define you as a person and make you stronger. New immigrants and their progeny did just that when coming to Canada in the fifties.
The Future Of Medical Apps
Several decades ago who would have thought the telephone would completely revolutionize medical care?
The Shoes of the Fisherman
This 1968 film, with its idealized vision of a truly humble and charitable pope, is worth watching in light of events in the Catholic Church today.
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