Greetings from Alison Wiley here in Portland, Oregon. I'm a writer/doer/thinker who lives happily by putting people, nature and God ahead of accumulating more stuff. Read more →
I grew up in a family of five, all of us sharing one bathroom. We each had to wait our turn and check with others before taking a bath or shower (“Do you need to use the toilet first?”). But in the late 60’s and the 70’s it was normal enough to share a bathroom. [...]
Tags: b gallatin·delayed gratification·Lake Crescent·Lake Crescent Lodge·Olympic Peninsula·sharing·sharing a bathroom
If you’ve landed here at Diamond-Cut Life, the chances are good that you’re a cultural creative. I learned not long ago that I am one. This outside-the-box group is almost 25% of the U.S. population, according to extensive research done by Sherry Ruth Anderson and Paul H. Ray. Here are the main characteristics of cultural [...]
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“This is my home . . . this is my only home . . . this is the only sacred place I have ever known . . . “ We all sang that together last night, performers and audience alike, at the end of the Winterfolk concert, led by the radiant Tracy Grammer. I had [...]
Tags: Colleen Kaleda·Sisters of the Road·Tracy Grammer·Vicki Lind
Do you love fresh, crusty bread, like I do? A grain elevator like the one to the right
This is a guest post by my friend Allison Hamilton. Allison lives in the country and skillfully grows an amazing variety of vegetables and fruit trees, when she isn’t creating award-winning solar energy projects. She calls me Ali. I love the way she’s deepened the conversation on the best things in life. I love this [...]
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Last month’s edition of this proved so popular, I’ve written a sequel. The premise of the diamond-cut life is that joy and well-being come from what we do and who we are with, not from possessions that are costly to both us and the planet. 1. Cable television. The average cost for cable TV in [...]
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Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year. Not only that, but the sun — the life-giving sun — will reach its highest point in the sky today that it will reach all year. To the ancients, such as those who built Stonehenge,
Tags: ancients·Christian·Druids·obliquity·pagan·solstice·Stonehenge·summer solstice·sun break·Tess Giles Marshall
I’m writing from Joshua Tree, the stunning sub-region of the Mojave Desert in California where Thor and I got married seven years ago. We spent much of the day outdoors; the rugged beauty and penetrating dry heat are joyful to me. Tomorrow we go to my niece Melissa’s wedding — more joy. But I question [...]
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I had a marguerita last night with my fish tacos at the Hawthorne Fish House. I tossed the drink down fast, in the tiny wedge of time available to me between fighting the traffic home from a meeting in Salem (I won an award — happy surprise!) , and the start of the writing critique [...]
Tags: Bill Gracie·haiku·Holy Grail·hyperactivity·margueritas·stress
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