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Coming to the Table: Now more than ever
More people dying. More funerals. More tears. More rage. More division. More frustration. Many of us feel numb and helpless in the wake of the recent killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota by the police,...
Edgar Mitchell returns to the stars
"Houston, we have a problem." Famous words from the Apollo 13 capsule. Imagine being launched into space aboard Apollo 14. Seriously, can you imagine that level of bravery? That's Edgar Mitchell, who passed away Thursday, February 4, 2016 at age 85, the day before the...
The Walk
I feel a special connection to Phillipe Petit, the man who walked back and forth across a wire strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center for almost an hour; some 1,350 feet above the ground in 1974. In 2008, the documentary film Man On Wire screened at...
Patricia Iron died at an age too young for all and too old for most
I just found out today that Patricia Iron passed away in November. Patricia was the first Director of the Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon when it re-opened in 2004. A group of us die-hard believers took about 10 years to build support, raise $4.2 million, and...
Our Souls at Night
I ran across Kent Haruf's Our Souls at Night while looking for something else at the library. It looked interesting so I checked it out. I'm so glad I did. A wonderful story about Addie and Louis, two long-time neighbors whose spouses have both passed away. They...