Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Dorothy Day, a cofounder with Peter Maurin of the Catholic Worker movement, is known for (among many other things) this quote: “As Dostoevsky said: ‘Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.’” While perhaps…
Many years ago, I walked home irritated with my spiritual director (my professional training is as a minister). Her sin? She had said that she thought I’d be a lot happier if I were a little less judgmental. I was…
It’s one of those early mornings, and I’m hoping my ablutions are uneventful. I pull my scleral contact lenses, insertion device, and lens solution, decide to open an additional bottle of solution (nothing like not enough saline to make lens…
In 2019, my wife and I took retirement money to purchase 39 acres of F2 woodland in Vida. Kate was relishing a return to the PNW; I was both eagerly and anxiously anticipating our departure from my native California. To…