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Free Will Astrology, Week of Nov. 27

Those under the sign of Sagittarius should be alert for subtle magic

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some seeds can remain dormant for centuries, waiting for the right conditions to germinate. The oldest successfully germinated seed was a 2,000-year-old date palm seed. I suspect you will experience psychospiritual and metaphorical versions of this marvel in the coming weeks. Certain aspects of you have long been dormant but are […]

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Three Week Holiday Faire Raises Money for a Good Cause

Three Sisters Lions Club has hosted the event for 14 years

With the revolving door of holiday craft fairs each weekend, thereโ€™s one open from Black Friday through Dec. 20, seven days a week. The Three Sisters Lions Club is opening its 14th Holiday Faire on Nov 28. Itโ€™s in a new location this year on South Cedar Street behind High Camp Taphouse. The service club […]

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Two Mothers

A remarkable double feature

Itโ€™s rare that two movies are both released around the same time and have profoundly interesting things to say about similar subjects. Yeah, youโ€™ll get Twin Films like in 1997 when we were lucky enough to get โ€œVolcanoโ€ and โ€œDanteโ€™s Peakโ€ in the same calendar year, or even better, in 1998 when Hollywood bestowed upon […]

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The Psychedelic Frontier: Week of Nov. 27

Spiritual or chemical reaction?

Q: โ€œHow do I know if my psychedelic experience was ‘real’ Spiritual insight or just neurochemical effectsโ€”and does it matter?โ€ A: This question resonates deeply with me personally, touches on themes that have come up for my clients recently, and hits squarely at the heart of current psychedelic consciousness research. Emerging science suggests this question […]

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Saying Grace

Famous Last Words

Remember when you received your first copy of AARP Magazine? It felt like a cold hand reaching up from the grave. Looking the other way, you picked it up like a dead mouse, a page pinched between forefinger and thumb, and threw it in the trash. Fast forward a decade or two and, admit it, […]

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Free Will Astrology Week of Nov. 20

Think about the power of small things

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your theme for the coming weeks is the fertile power of small things: the transformations that happen in the margins and subtle gestures. A kind word that shifts someone’s day, for instance. Or a refusal to participate in casual cruelty. Or a choice to see value in what you’re supposed to […]

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Itโ€™s Alive!

Guillermo del Toro and the art of the misunderstood monster

Guillermo del Toro loves his monsters. Heโ€™s built an Oscar-winning and critically lauded career on telling stories about the darkness at the center of the world and the creatures born from it. Because thereโ€™s no one that del Toro empathizes with more than the underdog, the misunderstood beast at the end of the book that […]

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Dee Ford Potter is Weaving a Heartfelt Legacy

Her work is currently on display at COCC in a free exhibit

Bend artist Dee Ford Potter has poured her life story into woven arts. A 58-year retrospective collection of her work called โ€œA Life Well Woven is on display at Central Oregon Community Collegeโ€™s Rotunda Gallery in the Barber Library through Dec. 7. The art dates back to Potterโ€™s early days. In 1967, she was studying […]

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