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Celebrating a 30th birthday in 2012? So is Orion, and we’re giving away back issues of the magazine as a special gift. E-mail marketing [at] orionmagazine.org with your birthday and address, and we’ll send you a box.
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“Good writing helps you remember what it means to be human, what it feels like to feel, and why you got involved in the first place,” said Blake. ”So much happens to us in the world that can be a show-stopper when it comes to feeling and caring. Even people who feel deeply about social change are faced with statistics that make it seem hopeless. Hope is not about data. It’s about a feeling.” — We were at Ecotrust in Portland, Oregon, last night for a conversation with Cheryl Strayed—yep, that lady who wrote Wild—and Brian Doyle, editor of Portland Magazine. Read more about it and see photos here.
Happy 193rd birthday, Herman Melville! May all your fowls be judiciously buttered.
See a slide show of quotations from Orion’s new book, Thirty-Year Plan, available now.
Higgs Bison particle? Why, we found that months ago, in South Dakota.
Orion’s Erik Hoffner discovers… potatoes at the farmer’s market.
Orion’s Erik Hoffner discovers… carrots at the farmer’s market.
What’s at your local market, or in your garden?
Orion’s Erik Hoffner discovers… wildlife at large!