Tag: community

  • Grief, Love, and Remembrance

    Grief, Love, and Remembrance

    A few days ago I found myself standing in front of the memorial for the victims of the racist, violent attack that happened last week on a MAX train in Portland. I stood there and cried, while other people did the same. Portland has always been my home, but standing there made me feel like…

  • In Search of Adventure Abroad and Community at Home: Thoughts on Being a Vagabond

    I am a vagabond; that much is clear to me. But I am also drawn to building creative and meaningful community at home. This makes me feel torn on a near constant basis and the process of fuzing these two realities together seems to be more alchemy than a hard science. At least I have…