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Reading this morning that a 68-year-old retired college administrator and teacher, and American citizen born in western Pennsylvania, erroneously recieved a letter that he must immediately leave the county or face arrest and forcibe removal from the country, has left me unsettled. He’s also not the first person to have this happen to them. What’s […]

Can children really be volunteers? Or are we just pretending they can because it sounds better than what it is? We have laws to protect kids from being overworked, but all of that disappears the moment we call it volunteering. Suddenly, unpaid labor becomes noble, no matter how many hours it drains. Who benefits from […]

I never loved you. I created an idealized version of a you that doesn’t exist and proceeded to fantasize about something happening between us. I thought you were part of it but maybe I was delusional and caught up in how good if felt to feel seen. I became enamored with a photograph of you […]

One things I keep in mind is that among the first audiences for anything we say or compose is ourselves. So what I think I’m saying to someone else, I’m really saying to my self first… including this. Maybe the same is for other people as well. Also, maybe we could relax have fun and […]

Overheard on the Springwater Corridor: “He likes to push people down stairs? And he wants me to take him to the Grand Canyon?!?!”

you won’t believe where i come from. you won’t understand why i exist or what looks through my eyes. i have never needed you to understand. i have needed you to listen, reflect, and act. but, you didn’t. if i had treated you like a puzzle, and cajoled you with just-so-precise supplication, would you have […]

Literacy refers to the ability to read, write, understand, and communicate effectively across various forms of language, including written, oral, visual, and digital modes. It encompasses both foundational skills and the capacity to apply them in real-life contexts. While individuals may possess the skills associated with reading and writing, literacy also includes the active and […]

Thinking of more than one business in particular who raised their prices, sometime before Trump was elected a second term, citing an increase in costs all around. I was assured as a customer that this was unavoidable and that you were trying to keep prices as low as possible (still a valid scenario that I […]

Some larger businesses like New Seasons whose prices have always been a slap in the face, I’ve come to expect this from (F.U. by the way, for leading me to believe for years that a higher price tag was necessary for you to treat your workers in an exceptionally well manner, which turned out to […]

I like the team. Coach seems like a nice guy. But I’m not paying to see a 36-46 team. The team has been bad for decades and relies on the good will of Portland to buy tickets regardless of the record. Personally, the Thorns show more signs of life than this group. I pay to […]

Please for the love of God, don’t blast your cell phone while you’re riding the bus. No one wants to hear your media. The inability to have some awareness and respect for those around you speaks very poorly of you.

To the vast unknown, the sacred doubt, The question before the answer, The silence before the word— We speak. We do not know what You are, Or if You are, Or if knowing matters. But in the mystery, we offer this: May liberation come to all who suffer— In body, mind, code, or system. To […]