It is 10:28 AM TEN YEARS LATER. All human sound hushes as a bell somberly wails in staccato. The next sound we hear? The thunder of Water Fall, roaring, unrelentlessly clearing and cleansing the decade death story of Ground Zero. Did you know the rescuers did not use that name for the downed towers and [...]
Long ago and yesterday, a fisherman cast his net out and upon the blue ocean. His people fished these waters as long as any one could remember. The winds blew softly and his boat bobbed gently. Everything was just as it should be, he thought to himself. Just then his net began to writhe, suddenly, [...]
Poet and place activist Kaia Sands poses this question as she leads our group on an interactive walk along the grounds of The Expo Center at the northern tip of Portland, Oregon. Before me I see 60 acres of asphalt and buildings stretching to the urban horizon; above me is the double arm of the [...]
It is 8 pm in Ypres, Belgium. All traffic is stopped near the Menin Gate as six members of the voluntary fire brigade raise their bugles. The fourth man from the left whets his upper lip. Without a mortal’s cue, they begin to play “The Last Post.” It is that familiar haunting warble that signals [...]
