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Sage Rat Hunting

Step outside Multnomah County and the geography, climate and political convictions of Oregon change rapidly. The topography of eastern Oregon opens, light pollution drops and the distance between places increases exponentially. I love the expansiveness. A poignant reminder of our insignificance: instilling a righteous humility. It had been several years since I had been this deep into MalheurContinue reading “Sage Rat Hunting”

INITIATION and TESTING

____________________________ I regret not recording where I grabbed this photograph. I believe it was from Life magazine in the late 1970s, taken by Marialba Russo [1] from her study in virility, ritual, and the human need to prove transformation. ____________________________ The latent anthropologist in me laments the lack of rites of passage celebrating importantContinue reading “INITIATION and TESTING”

Hierlooms

My children do not have any memories of Goshen. What I call my grandmother’s house was sold in 1990 after 180 years in the family. Windywalls. True homes in New England all have names, and a house becomes a home only after a birth, a marriage and a funeral take place within their walls. FamilyContinue reading “Hierlooms”