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QotD: can't stop the Waves
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
--Joseph Goldstein
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TSA on the way from Blue Bubble to Red Supermajority
I'm leaving my home in Portland, Oregon to visit family in eastern Tennessee. My family needs help. I'm in the airport now, waiting for my first flight.
The airport was different this time with a fancy wooden dome over the entry area, and wooden chandeliers and whatnot. They're promoting Oregon as a tree farm. They're also promoting Portland ( Read more... ) -
Where I stand on Biden/Trump
I am an independent, politically. I lean left on social issues and right on fiscal issues. I believe that the best arguments from "all sides" need to be addressed for us to have the best policies. I believe that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is the reason that we put the people in charge, so that we can kick out ( Read more... ) -
25 questions on the 25th anniversary
1. LJ appeared in April 1999, the year when I ... the last year that I worked full time on the river.
2. As a child, I wanted to become a ... didn't have a plan
3. My favorite school subject was ... science, art, music
4. The tune of my carefree youth is ... boat on a river
5. A book (or an author) that influenced me: Deborah Tannen, Don Miguel Ruiz, ( Read more... ) -
QOTD: Joy
"Peace is joy at rest.
Joy is peace on its feet."
--Unknown
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QotD: Truth out of season
“Truth out of season bears no fruit.”
-Meng-tzu, Chinese philosopher
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Rogue River Repeats
When I first moved to Oregon I didn't make the trip down to the Wild & Scenic Rogue for quite a few years. I was busy with school, and then trying to start a practice. I was also quite pleased with how close Idaho is--for the whitewater paddler, there are few summer destinations more pleasing than Idaho. One time I applied for a Rogue permit in ( Read more... ) -
How We Can Save America
I'm writing elsewhere but I care passionately about this topic. Here is what I had to say this morning: https://liveonearth.dreamwidth.org/1413541.html -
QotD: Think
Think lightly of yourself
and
deeply of the world.
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QotD: Privilege of Human Beings
"Rats and roaches live by competition
under the law of supply and demand;
it is the privilege of human beings to live
under the laws of justice and mercy."
--Wendell Berry