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A Portrait by My Mother...and the Portraits We Make of Ourselves
A few months ago I re-found some drawings my mother made. I probably had seen them a very long time ago, but when I found them this past...
paulhawkwood
Nov 21, 20202 min read
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Up or Down...or Pausing and Seeing
A staircase in the Willamette National Forest creates both a practical means of getting up and down a hill, and a beautiful sculpture of...
paulhawkwood
Nov 14, 20202 min read
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Walking Through Sky and Water
When I was an English major in college, I fell in love with words—their sounds and rhythms and energies, their subtleties and brashness,...
paulhawkwood
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Chairs, Normalcy, and Sitting out the Pandemic
While I'm waiting for my latte to be made at our favorite coffee shop one Sunday morning, I look around the usually-busy cafe at all the...
paulhawkwood
Oct 24, 20201 min read
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Beauty, Light, and Mystery Down Under - an Invitation
What is more real - the whole, or a part of the whole? On one hand, when we see the entirety of something, we identify it with its name...
paulhawkwood
Jun 22, 20202 min read
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"Who Would You Be Without Your Story?" - Byron Katie's method for questioning painful beliefs.
Most of the stories we tell ourselves aren't really real... Sun umbrella reflection on glass picnic table. Have you ever noticed how your...
paulhawkwood
May 18, 20201 min read
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Yin and Yang in the High Desert
A cool and misty morning in Sedona Have you heard the expression "high and dry"? Well, that can often be a description of Sedona,...
paulhawkwood
May 14, 20201 min read
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