At dawn the gardens at 837 Glendower St. lie in serene splendor, the curved pathways empty. But soon daybreak will bring the first ray of sunshine illuminating a water droplet suspended on a spider web, a petal unfurling in the warmth, a butterfly weaving between the flowers, a bumblebee tumbling in the pollen, a tabby strutting down the path. A virtual metropolis of activity.
In Ashland the students presented their findings to four nonprofit enterprises: the Ashland Independent Film Festival, Talent Maker City, the Institute for Applied Sustainability and Film Southern Oregon.
Poetry Corner: Poets often look to nature when seeking order, meaning, and answers to difficult questions. Sometimes nature reflects back what we know or offers new questions and new worlds to explore. What do we really see in our own reflection in a placid lake? How might clarity be found in a random puddle? David Zaslow and Lynn Hill offer their own answers.
Mark Bedard will play three roles in David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy “Ripcord,” set to open July 16 at Rogue Theater Company’s Richard L. Hay Center at Grizzly Peak Winery.
Ask Strider: A reader needs advice on how to comfort an anxious loved one, so Strider asks the Old Cedar Tree for their thoughts on the subject. Another reader sends head skritches and hopes for treats to the Dog About Town, which our advice columnist totally appreciates!
Tucked between Clinton Street and Briscoe Place in the Riverwalk neighborhood lies the residence of Richard and Laura Simonds, selected as the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month for June.
Catty Corner: This free community event will help a local nonprofit rescue cats and kittens across the Rogue Valley. During an overwhelming kitten season, the Rogue Community Cat Rescue will bring the community together in a fun, family-friendly fundraiser on June 28 in Medford.
Poetry Corner: Let’s celebrate spring approaching summer with haiku, senryu and another short-form poem.
Carrie Dahle: The path to homeownership is no longer as clear or accessible as it once was. And that’s why advocacy matters.
Next up for Eileen DeSandre: a role in Rogue Theater Company’s “Ripcord” as a senior living facility resident named Abby Binder with a razor-sharp tongue and a temperament as sunny as a thundercloud.
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Ask Strider: A worried older brother asks our advice columnist’s advice. And a dog’s guardian wants to know if there is any hope getting their hat-hating dog to calm down. As always, Strider tries to give words that help!
After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
It’s complicated.
Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
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