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Time To Act
We are currently forming a community action group whose purpose will be to support the efforts of the School Board’s mission to further ed..
Stanley W. Odle
Mar 15
Wolves in the Fire
My last posting began with an unusual reminiscence. Years ago, after a long day of documentary filming north of Moscow, USSR, our mixed...
Stanley W. Odle
Feb 13
Words from Russian Soldiers
In five days, on February 15, there will be no celebration in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. There is no longer a U.S.S.R...
Stanley W. Odle
Feb 11, 2024
A Christmas Haunting
Not all hauntings are bad, or sad. But they are always, it seems, sobering. Sobering, and unexpected. Perhaps it is this sudden...
Stanley W. Odle
Dec 20, 2023
Christmas Gifts
We live now amidst a tornado’s winds: War in the Holy Land, the Ukraine invasion continues to consume us, and anger and mistrust run wild...
Stanley W. Odle
Dec 2, 2023
Permission
An article in Time magazine (20 November, 2023), damned near bounced me off the couch. Under The Brief Health, lay the single-page story...
Stanley W. Odle
Nov 26, 2023
Little Things
By now you may have noticed a theme in these postings; I certainly hope so. My intention is to create a place where people can share...
Stanley W. Odle
Nov 18, 2023
Last Statue at Dachau—Afterthoughts
The previous story, “Last Statue at Dachau,” goes to personal responsibility: the role of the individual in a democracy. No, not the...
Stanley W. Odle
Nov 6, 2023
Last Statue at Dachau
Once I created documentary films in partnership with the Soviet Union. Perhaps this was in part because I grew up beneath yellow...
Stanley W. Odle
Oct 25, 2023
Souvenirs
You can plan for a family trip to San Diego’s Safari Park, Disneyland, and Hollywood Boulevard, but you cannot anticipate where you will...
Stanley W. Odle
Jun 18, 2023
What Dreams May Come
At 7:00 p.m. the performance begins. My friend’s late-night phone call of two weeks back, “You have got to see this!” has me here on...
Stanley W. Odle
May 27, 2023
If Not Me
This story begins with a random seat assignment on a Hawaiian Airlines flight, returning from O’ahu to Los Angeles. It was late January...
Stanley W. Odle
Apr 30, 2023
A Call to Action
The Forum is an interactive site that speaks to the concepts of connecting with others, commitment to yourself, and taking action. What...
Stanley W. Odle
Apr 5, 2023
Foxholes
This Christmas was cold, the most demanding I’ve experienced in Northwest Washington State in 50 years. The lowest temperature was...
Stanley W. Odle
Jan 13, 2023
Coyote
This story began in October of 2022, and continues still. I was planning a visit to the Albuquerque NM area to visit my children, and calle
Stanley W. Odle
Dec 17, 2022
The Middle of Impossibility
This story, “The Middle of Impossibility,” is set in the Wildlife West Animal Sanctuary of Edgewood, New Mexico. It began during the 2019...
Stanley W. Odle
May 24, 2022
Moriarty Museum
It was to be an agenda-free visit save for a few days of camping near the northern New Mexico town of Tierra Amarilla. One other note: In t
Stanley W. Odle
May 16, 2022
What am I going to do...
What am I going to do... Forty years ago I stood in my driveway, alone to face the enormity of consequence that lay beneath that simple
Stanley W. Odle
May 1, 2022
Today at the pharmacy...
It was early April of this year, and time for a fourth COVID vaccination. I returned to the pharmacist who so kindly worked me into the queu
Stanley W. Odle
Apr 23, 2022
