It is uncommon to pause during your education to seriously consider all you have learned. It is even more rare to consider what your learning means. The collective consciousness around education does not usually make space for deep reflection. Most of us are not taught to ask, “What have I […]
A Conversation on Positive Politics
Sometimes it seems like we can feel so separated from government and its mechanisms. But not everyone feels so. Recently I had a chance to meet Mary Ellen McCaffree (left), a former Washington State representative. She was the only woman in the leadership group during the Daniel J. Evans (right) administrations […]
Interview with an American Fourtracker
By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos Independent artist and producer John Vanderslice is having an exceptional year. Throughout the first part of 2013, Vanderslice left his record label, self-released two albums, embarked on a “living room” tour, and began building a new recording studio in Oakland, Calif. Now the Bay Area-based musician is […]
A Journey to China, Evergreen Style
Sometimes a place calls you; sometimes you are lucky enough to answer the call. We don’t get to ask why and in not being able to ask, we certainly don’t always get an answer. The pull is there and so we end up in some distant land questioning, why am […]
Bar Owner Champions Medicinal Marijuana Use
Frankie’s Sports Bar and Grill in Lacey, Washington is among the few of its kind. Though at first glance it may seem like a run of the mill dive bar, Frankie’s provides a glimpse of what could be the future of marijuana use. Torched hash pipes and sparked joints are […]