Landscape
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Spiritual Thermometers & Coffee
December 14, 2014 There is a basic thermometer hanging outside the kitchen window. I like its simplicity, though I have to put on my glasses to know the temperature closer than a plus or minus five degrees. The location allows… Continue reading
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Landscape Americans
November 30, 2014 Driving down the Columbia Gorge, Belinda and I searched for a radio to pass time. We came upon an interview with an American Indian woman. She was in the middle of making a point that Native Americans… Continue reading
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Great Music is Country Music
November 16, 2014 All great music is country music. From Handles Water Music to Guy Clark’s Homeless, music that matters is music of landscape. The landscape sings. Not metaphorical nor exacting music, rather the song of landscape rises from the… Continue reading
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Virtuous Redneck Liberal
September 1, 2014 Home was a small piece of sage canyon land butting against open land. As kids, my sister, brother and I and our friends never gave it much thought biking a mile or so to a friend’s house.… Continue reading