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The snow is melting in the
highest mountains The creeks and
rivers are running cold, having
embraced the salmon The people
who lived here before us are
celebrating these long davs w ith
pow wows They often invite non
Indians that we may hear their
stories and the drums and see the
dances Much remains of their
culture and work is underway to
preserve the knowledge that does
survive Those who understand
the importance of this work and
wish to know more, or w ish to
help, can contact the Wisdom of
the Elders project Drop a line to
the American Indian Association of
Portland and ask They re at 1827
NE 4-tth Suite 2 2 5 m P o r t l a n d .
97213
So we welcome the long,
warm days, the season of berries
Two and three generations ago.
kids would finish the school year
and start getting up at four th irty
to catch a bus at five to pick their
way through summer
Strawberries, then raspberries
then blackcaps, logans and black
berries, maybe corn and finally
beans For kids whose parents
hadn t inherited the farm it was a
last vestige of farm life It was
often the only money there was for
a new coat and shoes and school
clothes in the fall
From the time they were
seven or eight until they were old
enough and savvy enough to find
an alternative, they spent the
summers in the hot fields picking
thousands of pounds of fru it that
had been lavishly protected with
herbicides and pesticides It really
wasn t any different than any kind
of work that wore you out. no
matter what your age. and
poisoned you a little
The fields are still there, the
work done by others who would
have little more power than the
children did but for the work of a
few great Americans like Ceasar
Chavez We are rethinking the
lim its of what we can ask of
another person and the compar
ative value of our work
From the least powerful to the
most, we all must work it is right
to do a job well and honorably, and
to be rewarded It is not right to
do a job poorly or dishonorably
and take the rewards Difficult
times require the best in us Those
who wish to lead should be
honorable and have more to offer
than most
Mr P i c k wood is a foul
example of the worst in our
leadership although there are
certainly others unrevealed We
suggest he leave office and signal
to others that the people need
higher standards of behavior and
greater committment After all,
there is some serious work to be
done
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Dean Bonde and I slouched over the
counter at our cafe last Sundav
morning lingering over stories and
cups of Italian coffee The Mother s
Day Brunch crowd chattered and
jostled for positions behind us. bleating
out demands for double coffee lattes
and croissants For sn months Dean
has travelled his own q u iio tic journey,
seeking personal inspiration from the
Native American people of the
Southwest and western United States
The sale of finely hand fashioned
jewelry he designed and produced
helped defray the cost of travel
As we prepared to leave and
relinquish our seals to the horde, a
gentleman next to us said.
Dean. I haven t seen you for quite a
while What do you do now’ Several
moments of awkward silence ensued
before the man was gathered up by his
wife s conversation Dean and I
exchanged a few words sotto voce
Dean had squirmed at the question
W hy’ Because for eight months he had
not been form ally employed he had
no work to identify himself Still, he
had occupied himself quite fully,
indeed, he had devoted an enormous
amount of time and effort toward
redefining himself and the world in
which he lives He had been doing a
great deal
For citizens of the American nation,
the question is a common one. an
opener at dinner parties, a standard
inquiry following introductions, an
index of an individual s suitability as
an acquaintance We define one
another often quite superficially by
job slots
He s a school principal
She works as a waitress at the Crab
kettle
He s been a masonry
contractor for 20 vears A list o f
assumptions append to the |ob title,
of ten erroneous or misleading Since
we live in a country that worships
wealth and the goods and services
coincident with ns acquisition, one
should not be surprised that what one
does has become so important
I value a rigorous, aggressive work
life A person like a diamond, shines
brightest when numerous f acets are
polished and refined The w'ork place
tunes one for many of life s exigencies
beyond the realm of jobs Patience,
endurance, and acceptance of co
workers can be genuinely rewarding
a character building experience on a
daily basis At SO years my life has
been a smorgasbord of jobs and tasks
all useful for a coastal curmudgeon I
have burned human excrement in 55
gallon drums for the US Army
butchered meat constructed
restrooms picked cascara bark
summered as a non swimming
lifeguard, taught Eastern Literature
courses, coached erstwhile dramatists,
set chokers (I day) for a miniscule
logging show gill netted herring fish.
and scuttled under vermin infested
houses with Ab The Slab Childress I
revel in the lot of it What you do is
important
Our work lives comprise most of
the non sleeping day. and yet only a
portion of the story is told I would
like to plump for an expansion of the
definition of the term do in the
question what do you do’
Spud Siegel works heavy
construction, laying sewer pipes and
excavating, yet his virtuosity as a
mandolin player and musician of
many parts delineate and flesh out his
life in significant ways One might ask
Laurie Beers. What do you do’
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a shinglling contractor she answers
That only hints at her capabilities and
interests, vocational and avocational
Laurie upholsters chairs and etches
glass w ith great dexterity and skill
She coaches basketball and soccer
teams attacks triathlon courses w ith
passion and drive, tiles llixirs. excels as
a wife and mother Wes Wahrmund is
much more than a gardner and Don
Oz Osborne a pizza tosser
extraordinaire
I know we in America are obsessed
w ith work and financial success but
the neit lime you ask someone what
he does ask him what he thinks,
imagines and feels as well
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