Art and poetry October 2025 Come enjoy the art and poetry featured in the October 2025 issue of Tumbleweird!
Día de Muertos: Entre el recuerdo y la metamorfosis / Day of the Dead: Between memory and metamorphosis BILINGUAL: "Our ancestors understood this as the sacred temporal space for rebirth, metamorphosis, and rest." "Nuestros antepasados comprendían que esta era la zona temporal adecuada para el renacimiento, la metamorfosis y el descanso del alma."
Representing Richland “It’s time to join together and create a council where members are elected by their neighbors, in the neighborhoods where they live.”
Why you really need to vote this November Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. Don’t sit this one out!
El rey de la canción ranchera / The king of ranchera music BILINGUAL: “In his long and fruitful career, José Alfredo composed around 300 songs.” / “En su larga y fructífera trayectoria, José Alfredo compuso alrededor de 300 canciones.”
Two years of genocide ”The war stopped being about Hamas long ago. It is now a forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Gaza.”
¿El disc jockey es o no un artista? / Is the disc jockey an artist or not? BILINGUAL: “Everything evolves, and music is no exception.” / “Todo evoluciona, y en la música no es la excepción.”
Interviews with local election candidates Tumbleweird reached out to candidates that are on the ballot for the General Election in Benton and Franklin Counties.
Is your child grieving? ”Cork's Place is a community where kids can say, 'I’m hurt too!' and be met with kindness.”
Boots in the Basin: Shrub steppe dreams "Through art and action, we can cultivate respect and admiration for the shrub steppe, creating a cultural vision of ecological interconnectedness that we can actualize together."
School safety: One school district’s approach “What is the best way to have officers in schools? You’ve got to be careful. It’s a balance.” —Chief Chris Guerrero
We have a symphony? “Every note we play this season will carry the energy of renewal and belief that great music can inspire, heal, and unite.”
Living in the paradox ”I am deeply, fiercely, desperately grateful to still be here… but gratitude does not cancel out grief.”
Movie review: Jurassic World Rebirth ”A pleasant tropical cruise and a spot of phlebotomy on some enormous man-eating lizards… What could possibly go wrong?”
Constitutional change for a livable planet: The Washington Green Amendment ”The Washington Green Amendment states that the government must protect the environmental rights of all residents of Washington.”
‘Community’ means you, too! “When life feels like everything is getting worse, that is the time to step up and make things better.”
Valemadrismo, la partícula neutra / Valemadrismo, the neutral particle BILINGUAL: “No way am I going to apologize for existing.” / “Ni modo que pida perdón por existir.”
A genocide by any other name “To deny Palestinians' humanity through this continued violence is a denial of our own humanity.”
Yo los vi / I saw them BILINGUAL: “Amid the serene nocturnal sounds of the river’s wildlife, there were murmurs and sad solos of guitar and harmonica.” / “Entre los serenos sonidos nocturnos de la fauna del río, se escuchaban murmullos y tristes solos de guitarra y armónica.”
Teacher quotes Twain, gets called a “vile piece of trash” by Kennewick City Council member An ethics inquiry has been made into Brad Beauchamp’s comments calling KSD’s Middle School Teacher of the Year a “vile piece of trash.”
