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The Marijuana Business Association Celebrates 5 Years of Legalization

In its first five years, the Marijuana Business Association (MJBA) has quickly established itself as one of the leading national b2b organizations in legal cannabis.  Established to provide business intelligence, professional networking and new business opportunity, MJBA hosts regular industry networking meetups, boot camps and seminars in Washington, Oregon, Colorado,  New York and Ohio with MJBA Massachusetts and MJBA Nevada communities scheduled to activate in 2018.

Interested in being a part of the fastest growing industry in America?  Introduce yourself via email: info@mjba.net

Sidewalk Constitution

 

The fourth amendment
at the rally in bright chalk
Cannabis Parade

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David Rheins

Beyond the Sun

This heart a dark cave
Moist with stains of small moss life
beyond the sun’s touch

Unripened

This year green cherries

hang stunted in my fruit tree

Stillborn seeds, dead leaves

Totem

the ages have worn

grooves upon your painted face

solemn as old wood

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David Rheins

Raindrops on my window

Raindrops on my window, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Seattle sun break
loudly punctuates the day
shifts, drifts back to grey

California Redwoods

California Redwoods, originally uploaded by DRheins.

Roots cool in shadow
stump still dwarfs, but once you soared
high as ocean mist

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David Rheins

 

Route 66

Route 66, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Cracked on the roadside
We stop to snap the icon
Baked white on the tar

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David Rheins

“Evergreen” Film Challenges President Obama to End War on Marijuana

If you’re going to Seattle, please remember there’ll be flowers in the air…One of the highlights of this year’s Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) was “Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington.”

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I-502 film sparks debate after SIFF World Premiere 

The new Marijuana documentary “Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington” has received critical acclaim and enthusiastic audience response during its World Premiere last week at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF).   “Evergreen” is a behind-the-scenes examination of Washington State Initiative 502, which legalized recreational marijuana for the first time in America. The 86-minute film shines a light on the heated process that led to I-502’s passage, including the controversial impact of its implementation on the future of United States drug policy. In the closing moments of the documentary, Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of Seattle Hempfest, makes a hopeful plea to the President for policy reform at the Federal level: “President Obama, we’ve lived under the specter of the iron curtain of prohibition all of our lives. President Obama, tear down this wall.” “Evergreen” finished as one of the Top Ten Documentaries screened…

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GIVE US THIS DAY

Springtime Kirkland WA, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

The birds in the trees
don’t ask who delivers
each day’s daily bread

Why then
in my molted state
should I?

Spring flowers

Spring flowers Seattle, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Through thick moss, old leaves
Spring explodes in youthful hues
Celebrating March

Mad Stare

Soho Street Art, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

the wall flowers part
you push your monster head through
eyes lost in madness

Last Wishes

Ancient Forest, Crystal Mountain, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Where would you put me
If I ceased to be this day
Nowhere I call home

Dig not the deep pit
Nor fill dead veins with oil
Singe me clean and quick

On wings of rank smoke
I shall leave as I have lived
Quiet and alone

Foggy Day in Snohomish, WA.

Foggy Day in Snohomish, WA., a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

sounds slur thru thick air
dreamlike waiting for a train
slowly rumbling by

Blue Ice

frost so thick it sticks
snow like on my small back yard
blooming in the shade

Up in Smoke

fire in the fireplace, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Once wet wood now crisp
Lifeless logs alive with fire
last dance up and out

Santa Fe

Santa Fe Railroad Cars, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

in the old rail yard
we arrive coupled, not hitched
share the rails awhile

Wild Mushroom

Wild Mushroom, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

perfect like an egg

overnight pop-up delight

atomic spore art

Portrait of a Stranger

Portrait of a Stranger, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

a face emerges

from sad strokes of an old brush

stranger, I know you

Seattle Leopard Slug

Seattle Leopard Slug, originally uploaded by DRheins.

Pebble-skinned land slug
Stalking his lost leopard shell
One with moss and stone

Hotel Bathroom with Hearts

Hotel Bathroom with Heart Mirror Paris, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

There was a time once

when love was in the loo, too

our past in Paris

 

Nature Center

Nature Center Liberty State Park, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

we pass through pillars

wrapped in green time, overgrown

towards the narrow light

Cannon Beach

Izzy and Luna on the Oregon Coast, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

On Oregon coast
one dog, one father, one son
walk the cool damp sand

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David Rheins

Sunflowers

Sunflowers, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

On strong youthful stalks

We stretch to touch the Sun God

While our sunshine lasts

Haiku on the Wall

Haiku on the Wall, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

ink on old white wall

I pick a red pen, with felt

paint this star for you

Great Blue

Great Blue Heron, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Where the waves give way
to a field of lake lilies
You wait for shy fish

at the water’s edge

we’ve come to watch the wetlands

breathe among the reeds

Drive-Thru Girl

Espresso Girl, Rosyln, WA, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

I roll down the glass
For a shot to start my day
One small jolt to go

Purple

Graffiti on Purple Wall, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

St. Marks Place New York

Even the walls talk loudly

Trash bins flip their lids

Memorial Day

Three hundred fifty
And fourteen
Days to wait for this
One time a year
To lay down our pencils
And remember those
Who lay down their lives

Bark

Weathered, stained and worn
Green with age you bare your bark
Connect dirt to sky

Serendipity

If I take a bite
Of your smooth skinned fleshiness
Would it be delight?

White Blossoms

White Cherry Blossoms, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Japanese Cherry
Fills the air, my head with scent
Eyes with mottled light

Elvis in the Window

Elvis in the Window, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

A bit worse for wear
The King holds court behind glass
Hawking the odd guitar

中华人民共和国

中华人民共和国, a photo by Did Scatterbrain on Flickr.

Outside your square house
made of red brick painted blue
You wave all yellow

For DT

Tree Roots, originally uploaded by DRheins.

Upturned in the snow

Once proud pillar of the wood

Broken now at peace

Stories They Could Tell

A century old

leather Poe sits unperturbed

too good to be read

Vera’s

Hid behind neon

in the wet light of Vera’s

Time for just one drink

2011

2011, Mixed Media Art by David Rheins
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Our last getaway

A moment in the mountains

The end of the road

BenWah’s Garage

Elvis Detail, BenWah’s Garage, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

A wall of bottles

pictures of Elvis and crap

art to go with beer

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David Rheins

Buddha

Buddha 2009, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Legs wrapped around you

like a Buddha lotus bud

silent as the moon

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David Rheins

Cathedral

Ancient Forest, Crystal Mountain, originally uploaded by DRheins.

Silent holy woods

a hundred plus years of life

you’ve grown close to God

Snowstorm on Crystal Mountain

Snow through the tall Evergreens, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Snowflakes big as birds
fall fat through tall evergreens
mute the sound of boots

On the banks of the Ohio River

Tammy on the banks of the Ohio River, originally uploaded by DRheins.

From that bench you smile

wider than river water

a moment in time

Raptor

the dog and i spy

a hawk high in winter tree

watching life below

iJesus

iJesus, a photo by Tammy Williams on Flickr.

Miracle iPhone

Resurrection screen repair

Apple Apostle

12-21

I’ve waited all year

For this longest Solstice night

Let Winter begin

Buggy

Roaches Street Art, Soho, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

On the wall a bug

stares at me with cartoon eyes

so ugly, it’s art

 

 

Doggie Dreaming

My dog beside me

Whimpers, dreaming the day’s hunt

Voles that got away