| From West by Northwest.org Arts & Letters A West By Northwest Holiday Reader By Wright, Diehl, Milo, Parker, DeDanan, Kemp, Schiel, Dix, Barton, Self, Ramon and others Dec 22, 2004
Dear Friends, We are taking a couple weeks off but don't want to leave our dear Readers in the lurch. So we are presenting a collection of some of our best Holiday offerings through the recent years online. We hope you'll enjoy these special, original features and feel that some things online are worth supporting, whether you donate or contribute a letter or article. We'll be back online January 4, 2005. Peace and blessings, M.G. Hudson, editor P.G. Hudson, webmaster Arts and Letters Breaking Free: A Novel of the Sixties by Sylvia Hart Wright A groundbreaking literary event of a full length novel by a fine writer published by WxNW for the first time on the Internet explores life, love and a revolution in our own times. Life in the Wider Household of Being: An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin by Erika Milo "I like to talk about craft... I like to talk about work (and read about work). I'm no good at philosophy or theory." “The Lord of the Rings” and the Trials of Adaptation by Patrick Diehl A trilogy of glorious, rich prose pieces on Tolkien and the Peter Jackson films. This overview is linked to two other of Diehl's LOTR pieces. A feast for Tolkien scholars and fans alike. Poem After Christmas by Tina Tau McMahon A favorite by many Readers from Portland poet Tau McMahon's collection, "Eating Foam." The Bum by Ryan Ramon What if Jesus time-traveled to our day? What would he find, who would he be with? A pregnant runaway girl, a homeless street musician who helps her and the stranger at Christmas. Photography Updates Teeksa Photography—The Photography of Skip Schiel is the new website of a WxNW featured artist in our article, Art for Art and Truth's Sake. A Christmas Letter from Matagalpa, Nicaragua, An Update on the Project to Document Living with the Consequences of U. S. Policy : The Central America Photo/Testimony Project by Pam Fitzpatrick and Paul Dix and visit their new web site at http://nicaletters.ppaponline.org/. Voices of Peace Innocents Day: A Proposal by Jim Parker How do we remember those innnocents of strife and war? Consider December 28... Voices of the Northwest Holding the Light by Mary DeDanan Solstice: "Our ancestors, however, knew that the 'real' reason was that the Sun God or Goddess (depending on your culture and time) was undergoing a whopper of a transformation." Raven the Fire-giver by art and story Michael Kemp A re-telling of the Haida creation cycle, Birth of the Sun, moon, and stars. Solstice/Grandmother Maple art and poem by Michael Kemp An ode to an ancient tree ties us to the timeless cycles of life. Some Ideas For Celebrating Christmas by Fr. John McGrann, some sound advice from the former paster at St. Jude's, Eugene, now at Canby, Oregon. Voices of Spencer Creek A Hummer's Gift of Peace and Joy by Edie Self Hummer Holidays--Garden Style, regarding hummingbirds, winter and the spirit. The Sunnyside of Spencer Butte: Cranberries by Lois Barton Red to purple, bitter 'till sweetened, behold the cranberry or "ibimi" as the North Altantic First Peoples called this versatile berry. Some Christmas Memories by Lois Barton "I grew up on a farm in Ohio, part of a conservative Quaker household. At that time those Quakers still observed a teaching which denied observance of Christmas. They believed we should be equally thankful for Jesus coming every day of the year." Copyright 2004 by West By Northwest.org © Copyright 2000-2004 by West by Northwest.org |
