In the Footsteps of the Kalapuya She stood up abruptly, throwing down the newspaper - mass shootings, climate changes, animals endangered, and even a major source of oxygen going up in smoke in the flaming Amazon! Sara found it difficult to breath, feeling weary reading such news. She glanced at her art easel across the room that beckoned her with a blank white canvas. It mirrored back her difficulty in manifesting fresh ideas, and chastised her for lacking the motivation to even paint at all! Pushing past that persistent reminder, Sara marched to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to find a diversion from this irritating reminder. But instead of a culinary escape, she was reminded of her procrastination to shop for groceries this week. Turning quickly while slamming the refrigerator door, she tripped over her hiking boots, mud-crusted from last week’s hike and begging for attention. Peering out the window she noticed an ominou...