Up the River
For me, there has always been one way in which I have wanted to reclaim a part of Portland which has always been only scenery to me, and that is kayaking the Willamette. Portland’s river is, for many of us, something beautiful to stare at on the way across a bridge or something to avoid at all costs lest we birth hermaphroditic children like the fish who dwell within it. Taking the time (five days to be exact) to learn the river at its own eye level provided an entirely different perspective than the one I was used to from driving above it. Looking up at the world from the water is a privilege every Portlander should know, if only once. Thaddeus, Kilii, David, Justin and myself had the astute privilege for 64 miles of upstream paddling, often times all to ourselves.
Jon Young, Seven Generations, and Beyond
Jon Young gave a great lecture on Friday, speaking to the group about the importance of cultural mentoring, the system that he has evolved over time side by side with native elders from the Akamba of Kenya, San of the Kalahari, Haudenosaunee of the Northeast and Polynesians of Hawa’i’i.
So what is this cultural mentoring thing […]
Molasses? I don’t eat any part of the mole.
When the Wild Foods Potluck first began, noone could have imagined the sheer creativity of those involved. In the six months since it began, Portland has been able to sit down to dinner with wild plants, wild game, garden greens, and dumpster gleans.
I personally might have to say the last Wild Foods Potluck was the […]
Night Kayaking on the Willamette
Night-kayaking in the city is that perfect juxtaposition of the city and the wilderness. The last few months we have taken to throwing our skin boats in the water under the Hawthorne Bridge and paddling out to Ross Island.
At first, trucks, strange smells come from the highway. As we slip slowly into the realm of […]