Welcome to West By Northwest online magazine,
an independent, progressive, bimonthly journal of rural and city life, ecology, arts
and letters from a Northwest perspective. We enjoy this beautiful early summer while
the "energy crisis" builds up watts, the drought continues and the fire
season begins too soon.
Life can get serious and sometimes we
need a bit of fey and fantasy to remember what is really important beyond current
difficulties. This early summer issue is dedicated to the memory of writer Patricia
Gray, our mother, who knew what was important -- the spirit and the imagination.
She encouraged and inspired her family and friends. Pat never met a stranger but
said good-bye to a friend. She taught us all to see. This fantasy issue is for you,
Mom!
Voices of the World
Faery -
A Special Feature by Mary DeDanan looking beyond Victorian sentiment to a world wide
phenomena of the Otherworld through time and place. Companion piece is Faery Lore, Folk, and Fine.
Voices of the Nation
Mr. Solomon dreams of Mr. Orwell in George
Orwell in 2001: Speaking from the Grave. 
Also Norman Solomon tackles virtual reality and the World Bank in Simulating Democracy...
National Catholic Reporter's Guest Editorial says Nuclear Power Industry is Dangerous to Taxpayers.
Member of Congress Peter DeFazio considers the recent Summit of the Americas world
trade conference in Quebec with Rushing
to Extend a Failed Trade Policy and Energy Deregulation-The Big Lie.
Fiction
Maura McGoorty begins Chapter I of a serialized fantasy
adventure for children of all ages in The
Mermaid and The Dolphin.
Voices of the Northwest
Stanley Thompson presents Chapter 6, The Cabinhill Tree Farm as the ongoing saga reveals
"My Life in the Twentieth Century". Stan is an retired nuclear engineer
and anti-nuclear activist.
Spiritual networker Nancy B. Wright updates her Manna Seed readers with a glimpse of Idaho.
Oakland writer and poet Patricia Frank Loves Libraries!
Letters to the Editor
Readers are sharing ideas and impressions --Justine Couts reports on life in Quebec during the Summit. A school windmill?
And what about this voluntary rolling blackout as protest? And a curious letter about
Mr. Bush...
Also, How to Save Social Security from Low End Mac's Dan Knight.
Authors Interview
Sarah Susanka talks about her book The Not So Big House with Dave Weich of powells.com.
Voices of Spencer Creek Valley
Rural preservationist Norman Maxwell updates us on The Tentative Truce of Fire Road as the hopeful
citizens await the Oregon Court of Appeals decision.
Michael Kemp, artist, builds himself a Yurt,
Sweet Yurt.
Sunnyside of Spencer Butte's Lois Barton remembers the old Chicken House and The Old Man and the Fairies.
Rayon Ramon salutes summer Lawn Care.
Spencer Creek Journal records trees and sky.
Art, Poetry & Photography
That Photo Guy
somersaults into summer with a trip to the zoo and more. And a link to that great
art co-op, the Photo
Zone.
Michael Kemp uses computer graphics to open his Fantasy Art Gallery for WxNW readers.
Syrena Glade
(by day an Internet techie) presents her powerful poetry. She soars.
Jane Cox Farmer paints an original watercolor celebrating summer in The Moth -- painting on poetry page.
Young People's Writing," The Abundance
of Wild Roses" by Jacquie Nicholson-Black is a sweet
walk in the country.
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Who are the readers united by reading West by Northwest?
We see you as seekers of truth and joy, hope and dynamic democracy. You believe that
life and love are essential. You love to explore the world of ideas and places in
person and in your armchair. You care passionately about the fate of humanity as
well as the planet's.
You support good causes as best you can. You know we must find peace and justice
for all beings, especially we humans who have such a profound effect upon this world
(and maybe others) and each other. You seek a wide community of committed world citizens
who work in their own "back yards" to make a difference. You read West
by Northwest because you know that from the particular to the universal is a matter
of a few degrees of the compass.
Our range of emphasis corresponds to the historic bio-region of the Pacific Northwest
which stretches from the coast of Big Sur, California to Southern Alaska and points
in-between. This is the area of the world we shall look at through the lens of our
own 'observatory' based in Spencer Creek Valley, Oregon. Spencer Creek Valley is
not on the maps but is a very real place whose people face many of the issues of
people all over the world including the challenge of change and preservation.
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