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This is the second in a series of articles on alignment and safe body mechanics by Ashland physical therapist and Nia instructor, Rachael R. Resch. In last month’s Locals Guide, we looked at how we can use body awareness and imagery when we are sitting to activate the body’s natural ability…

In the early 1990s, Swiss engineer Karl Müller realized that both shoes and backache are unknown to the Masai tribesmen – and that there is a causal connection between these two facts. By walking barefoot on the natural, soft, uneven ground of their East African homeland, the Masai activate all…

Located on 65 Water Street in Vancouver is the new Fluevog Flagship Store. Once a parking lot between two buildings, now a showroom bursting with creative energy. Almost everything in the atrium like space is reclaimed, recycled or prefabricated. Interior highlights include display tables made out of old growth wood…

Read a Friend’s Heart July 10th, 2008 Blessings, Friends! Here is a poem by Thomas M. Disch, a great, versatile, utterly independent American writer, and my friend, who died on July 4th at his apartment in New York. He was 68. Entropic Villanelle Things break down in different ways. The…

Second Sunday Community Pancake Breakfasts A benefit for the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center Pilaf is hosting a series of pancake breakfasts on the second Sunday of every month to benefit a local organization or person in need. The proceeds above cost go to the recipient. The meal includes pancakes with butter…

Swingingest. That is Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a word. Britt Music Festival was graced by the presence of these 15 virtuosi jazz performers (what the late Michael Brecker would call a quindectet). They worked through an expansive repertoire spanning decades of jazz, each piece excitingly different than the…

Thank you to those of you who sent in your fabulous versions of summer poems! I’d like to share them later this summer with everyone! But now, in honor of my own dear sister Barbara’s birthday in two days on July 6th, I’d like to share this poem by Ginger Andrews from…

What is the difference between organic an non organic alcohol and why is organic better? The difference is that organic spirits are made from raw materials (i.e. grains, potatoes, grapes etc.) that are certified organic. Obviously, non-organic is using raw materials that are not grown organically; possibly with the use…

Have you been able to catch a Green Show at OSF this year? It’s been an amazing first four weeks and the rest of the summer should be an incredible ride. There’s krump dancing, classical violins, renaissance dance, hip-hop, dub, opera, blues music, flamenco and tons more. You can bookmark the…

To celebrate summer, you might enjoy trying this exercise. It’s a sort of fill-in-the-blanks endeavor! Consider the words I’ve provided as prompts. You complete the poem as you see fit. If you’d like to, send your poem to me!   Ready? Stay loose, and have fun!   The sky         …

Currently: I am in a stage of enormous complexity. So focused and in a deep state of marvel. The next issue of LocalsGuide is going to be the most amazing yet, because it will be the closest I have ever come to making any sense with the bigger picture. I…

There is no substitute. Everyone who has seen the movie Risky Business, with the not so well known at the time Tom Cruise, knows exactly what I’m talking about. It wasn’t the call girl who Tom’s character Joel fell in love with. It wasn’t the Faberge Egg that the mother…