by Splabman | Oct 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
I presented this at the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival, on 7—OCT—2023, at the Subud House/ Spring Street Center.”I’m located therefore I am.” — Kombu-merri elder, Mary Graham.Ah to be alive on a mid-September morn fording a...
by Splabman | Jul 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I once attend the the Blue River Writers Gathering, a biannual gathering at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest whose purpose, according to their website, is: to take counsel from each other and from the forest, to deepen our sense of community with other writers and...
by Splabman | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
my friend Jason Wirth is producing a couple of worthwhile events: Happiness & Spirituality How the concept of Gross National Happiness intertwines with Vajrayana Buddhism Lopen Gem Dorji (Gembo) Current Advisor and Former Secretary General of the Central Monk Body...
by Splabman | Jul 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
A recent poem of mine was published in Cascadia Magazine. It is dedicated to the “Father of Cascadia” who suggested someone write a poem about this tragic incident. Thank you David McCloskey and Andrew Engelson.
by Splabman | Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
I was tagged in a Facebook post today because it was related to the concept of Cascadia and due to my work as a bioregionalist in the bioregion known by some as Cascadia. The post by Brian McCracken (who organized the Cascadia Regional Poetry Slam, part of the last...