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The Last Chairlift
John Irving has been one of my go-to authors, and inspirations for my own writing, for more than four decades. I've loved all his books that I've read. There are several I have not read. I'm saving them. I don't want to run out of John Irving books to read before I...
The Past is Present
I graduated from Western Christian High School exactly 50 years ago this month. One of my closest friends in high school was Phil Smith. Our senior pics are on the right, scanned from our yearbook. After graduating, I headed to Oregon to attend Northwest Christian...
It’s a Wonderful Life: Pilgrimage to the real Bedford Falls
“It’s a Wonderful Life isn’t the way life is, it’s the way life should be.” – Frank Capra I’ve thought a lot, and read a lot, about “pilgrimage” over the past few years. I embarked on a huge pilgrimage in late 2019 when I walked 550 miles across Spain on the Camino de...
Robin DiAngelo talking White Fragility in my town, with security guards
(Note: this post first appeared at Beacon Broadside) I looked forward to Dr. Robin DiAngelo coming to the town where I live, Bend, Oregon, since her appearance was announced a few months ago by The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program of Central Oregon Community...
Adventures with Ledlie Laughlin (1930-2019)
Ledlie Laughlin, Jr. passed from this life early in the morning on January 21, 2019; at 88 years of age (the double-infinity image), by the light of the full moon, and on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (which is also the birthday shared by my father and my daughter). His...