Two Cannon Beach artists, a writer and photographer, bring you this Cannon Beach Log, updated weekly on the weekend. The essays and photos are about human being, not human doing. They are an assortment of invitations into a life of returning and rest.
I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus the Savior did come for to die
For poor on'ry people like you and like I;
I wonder as I wander out under the sky
~John Jacob Niles Perhaps the greatest loss we experience as we move from childhood...
For several years, I traveled two hours from my home once a month to spend the day at a Trappist Abbey, located in Yamhill County, southwest of Portland. My plan was to arrive in mid-morning, spend the day in silence and solitude, and head home after...