by John Pitney | Jan 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
Vincent Van Gogh said: “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” Both certainly apply here: There are lots of things to love about Oregon. One of them is METRO PAINT!!!! It is recycled and remanufactured from unused paint Oregon citizens turn in from homes...
by John Pitney | Jan 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.” ― Alice Walker, The Color Purple...
by John Pitney | Jan 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Happy Epiphany. The coincidence of Advent and the 21st meeting of the U.N. Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP21) was a serendipity of the most awesome order. As humanity becomes exponentially more violent and bent on fowling the only nest we have, I become...
by John Pitney | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Hope is not the optimism that things will turn out right. Hope is the soul’s deep orientation to the right, no matter how things turn out.” -Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic In his essay, “A...
by John Pitney | Dec 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Merry Christmas!!! WE PASSED THE TEST!!! There are many reasons to celebrate this day. For one: our son Joel was bornthis week 37 years ago in Nampa, Idaho! We carried him home from the hospital in the red Christmas stocking with white ruff he still wears as a Santa...
by John Pitney | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
I believe the most loving thing you can say to a person is “Look!” And the most loving stance isn’t a close embrace, but two people standing side by side, looking out on the world together. When we learn to look, we begin to see, really see. When we begin to...
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