Page 22 RAIN October 1978 *Putting together this issue we were struck by the ever-changing balance of things that end up together at deadline time. A few issues ago we ended up with alm_ost all articles and few reviews, and said to ourselves, "Oh dear, we're not being RAINish anymore." Then this issue and the last we ended up with piles and piles of entries and no one felt like writing long things. It ain't a conspiracy or a plan- just the normal rhythm of how things happen. Take mY,self,.for example. Pounding nails for the last year has meant that deadlines came up without enough time to read and review everything that came in. So short things got reviewed and long books got added to the ever-growing backlog pile. Finally got that cleaned out these last two months, so lots of entries and no time to write new stuff. And everyone else's lives are at least as crazy. *Response from our financial plea in the last issue has left us with the feeling that if all RA IN-readers would subscribe, we'd be in gr:eat financial shape! We're glad that you all have learned well the lessons of living cheaply and reading RAIN at the office or borrowing a friend's. But we all also have to support the things we want to have. So, if you I California, Demons and Special Wisdom want to happen (falling off, crash landSeptember has afforded me the luxury ing). I let the demons take the brunt and of a little travel, and it's been nice to I go on my way. Somehow it better wend down and up the West Coast ob- foc-qses my attention on what should serving the changes in climates, vege- really be happening. tation and temperaments. My first- I want to ask RAIN readers a favor time-ever visit to California helped to if I can. Since writing my piece on Wisdiminish some of its enigmatic quality, dom and Age in the June issue, I've leaving the brown grass, wann breezes become more interested in an ongoing arid redwoods most real in my mind. project to collect and compile interI greeted the wetter-than-usual views with older folks who have some weather in the Washington Cascades special knowledge to share- things that with a little less enthusiasm. But hiking relate to self-reliance, a.t., folkways or • with good friends in the high pleas-µres Earth-consciousness. If you know of of the Enchantment Lakes was beauti- someone with a special wisdom about fol just the same. All along ·(and off) the them, who would like to share it, drop trail I learned more about a game I me a line and tell me about them (and sometimes play one might call Casting you). Off Demons. It's a little ritual I run This fall I will be taking on a shortthrough at danger points (the edge of term job outside of RAIN with two a cliff, a turbulent plane ride) when I other folks to conduct a series of energy . . quickly imaiine exactly what I wouldn't . advocacy workshops throughout Oregon.
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