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Jerry arose before daybreak and started making coffee, then he remembered he couldn’t do that. Instead he boiled water and squirted some lemon juice in it, gazing at the honey…

Jerry arrived at the Salal at 5am in darkness and finished at 4pm in darkness. It would be another 16 hours until daybreak. Light was a precious commodity during winter.…

“Let’s talk,” April said as Jerry was finishing his shift. “Sure,” Jerry replied. On the outskirts of Port Townsend, Jerry arrived at a small cabin nestled beside a pond.  April…

A Salal worker extended an open invitation for a potluck at her house. Jerry jumped at the opportunity. He wanted to get in with this crowd. Far from the Princeton…

At the Salal Cafe meeting Jerry felt like he was back in seminary and its esoteric debates. Only instead of debating how many angels can dance on the head of…

Jerry rolled off a Seattle Super Ferry onto Bainbridge Island, then across a bridge onto the Olympic Peninsula. The narrow highway cut through the trees like a center aisle in…

They took off when the others had turned in. The headlights bounced back and forth off the trees and highway as they wended their way down the mountain and into…

“Today,” said John to the assembled group, “we are going to have an unusual chat. “There are many voices within you, no? Well, today speak with your evil one. “Most…

That night they offered their palsied selves to the great mother god, Gaia. Under a blazing full moon, they processed up a hill where lay a circle of stones. One…

The next morning breakfast was taken in silence. Jerry listened to a symphony of breakfast sounds. Spoons tapped on ceramic bowls, coffee splashed into cups, feet scuffed across hardwood floors.…