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by Paul Haeder / February 18th, 2021 If I were asked what I want to accomplish as a writer, I would say it’s to contribute to the literature of hope. Barry Lopez, A passing. A death. Moving on. Back to earth. A new journey. He filled the air with lyrical words and ideas grafted to our role as writers and people living inside and with our natural world. He was steadfast in his role as a naturalist of sorts, but through and through he was a word conjurer. He came to me when I was young, inside his book about wolves. I was in Arizona jumping the skeletons of saguaros with my 360cc Bultaco and learning the art of passage: working with ministers and laypersons helping Central Americans cross that political line between USA and Mexico. ....
Poet s home will lure writers to Portland area An Oregon poet s legacy may help bolster the Portland region s literary luster. A trustee of Carolyn Moore s estate recently endowed her family farm on Walnut Street in Tigard to Portland Community College. The donated estate, valued at $5.5 million, makes it the largest donation ever given to PCC. The home will be used as a writer s retreat, dubbed the Carolyn Moore Writers House. My aunt Carolyn had a love of learning, Erica Klassen, Moore s niece, said, so PCC is a great fit for her vision. Included in the Writers House estate is a 2,500-square-foot log cabin on nine acres and a fund to support the retreat s operations for the next 20 years. Before her death in April 2019, Moore stipulated that she wanted the home to be donated and a residency program created in her honor. The gift caps off PCC s Campaign for Opportunity, which brought in $45 million in fundraising by the end of 2020. ....
Go online for a night at The Cool Spot December 15 2020 The dream of Portland jazz musician Darrell Grant, it ll feature live music, performance and more on Friday, Dec. 18. So, you can click on a link, sign in and enter a live jazz club? Well, kind of, as Portland musician Darrell Grant presents an innovative night of online fun in The Cool Spot, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18. The event blends live jazz from a Portland club, theater, commentary and conversation to be a place outside the chaos and constraints of ordinary life where light and sound combine as a vibration. It s been a idea of Grant s for some 10 years to do such a show that has an essence of cool. ....