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Two Heroes

I want to start today with what seems like the impossible. What we often believe are our limitations are surely not. In fact, they can guide us to where we were always meant to go.
by Burt Gershater

When they tell you “You can’t go on that path, it is beyond you!” —grab that path as your destiny. ~Likutei Sichot Hero #1 Just recently I met a woman, Julie Lorenzen, at the Larkspur Community Center where I do my morning workouts. The Center has become more of a holy sanctuary to me than […]

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Free Will Astrology, Week of Feb. 26

Pisces should do a deep dive into themselves
by Rob Brezsny

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sufi mystics tell us that the heart has “seven levels of depth,” each one bearing progressively more profound wisdom. You access these depths by feeling deeper, not thinking harder. Let’s apply this perspective to you, Pisces. Right now, you’re being called to descend past surface emotions (irritation, worry, mild contentment) into […]

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The Psychedelic Frontier

Bridging sacred and celebratory use
by Mary Casanave Sheridan

Q: I used mushrooms, LSD, and ecstasy recreationally through my 20s and 30s for parties and deeper connections. After taking a break to focus on family, I’ve recently returned to mushrooms through guided journeys and microdosing; experiences that have been profoundly healing and nothing like my past use. I’m curious about reintroducing psychedelics into my […]

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Women’s Issues Are Everyone’s Issues

Recommendations for a book of fiction, an essay collection and poetry
by Ashley Redwood

Here’s a woman’s issue for you: RAGE. Does the phrase, “woman’s issue,” irritate you? Good. It should. The anger of being told you’re too much and not enough, sometimes in the same breath. Of watching autonomy slip away in real time. Of staying calm on the surface while everything tightens around you. Because issues that […]

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50 Shades of Jacob

Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” goes for a Hot Goth Winter
Avatar photo by Jared Rasic

Ever since the first trailer for Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” was released, I’ve been obsessed with finding out why they’re selling the film with the quotation marks around the title. No one does that. Five minutes into the film, I figured out why. This isn’t Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights; this is very much Emerald Fennell’s […]

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‘The Soul of the Land’

The new Belknap Exhibit Center at Bowman Museum in Prineville features the work of June Jaeger
by Ramona McCallister

A new exhibit at the Bowman Museum‘s Belknap Exhibit Center is entitled  “Soul of the Land: Quilts by June Jaeger.” Jaeger was born in Prineville and has lived there off and on at various points of her life. She feels a deep connection to the small town. “There is just a lot of good people […]

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Free Will Astrology, Week of Feb. 19

Aquarius should use underused talents to boost income
by Rob Brezsny

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Over the last 4,000 years, a host of things have been used as money in addition to precious metals and paper currency. Among them have been cows, seashells, cheese, tobacco, velvet, tulips, elephant tusks, and huge stone wheels. I hope this poetic fact will inspire your imagination about financial matters. In […]

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The Pride in Numbers Survey is Underway

Organizers are urging local LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit individuals to participate
Avatar photo by Nic Moye

The Pride Foundation is sponsoring a new survey called “Pride in Numbers.” It’s for all adults 18+ who are LGBTQIA and Two Spirit. Nimisha Jain, one of the team members hoping to get the word out in Central Oregon, describes the information being gathered by the survey. “All kinds of questions are being asked in […]

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