There’s a party in Portland

I was invited to my very first Portland Timbers game last weekend. The Timbers are a soccer club in Major League Soccer. There is a waiting list for Timbers season tickets, and most of the individual tickets are already sold out for the year. Because of this, getting invited to the game was a pretty […]

Eggs!

Over the weekend I found a nest. A little background: I have not yet built a proper fence that is high enough to keep my hens penned. They simply lift like multicoloured Harrier jets and launch over the four-foot fence. They roam far and wide, doing their own thing, and get into enough trouble that […]

Black Violin at the Schnitz

“For us the violin is the vehicle for a bigger message, which is not to be afraid to be different,” Kev Marcus.

Tips for Men

EIGHT TIPS for men uploading photos for your online dating profile: Do not make the one where you’re holding the fish your main profile photo. Or the other one where you’re holding a fish. It is obvious which photos were taken in the 1990s. We don’t need those. Please upload photos of yourself. The photos […]

Gifts to warm the home

This weekend I was recovering from a procedure I had on my foot on Friday. Had to keep the foot elevated, but had I been as mobile as usual, the weather was not exactly encouraging to do chores or to do fun stuff. So I guess it’s time for a blog. I moved to this […]

Beaver Creek Falls

I was told that there was a falls on Beaver Creek. That’s MY creek!

Whitery

Longtime friends of mine remarked on leaving the greenery down under and arriving at the whitery at home.

Cannery Pier Hotel and the Astoria Column

First of all I’ll tell you about my night. I was not very hungry after eating gouda cubes and smoked salmon on crackers with complimentary Chardonnay, so I picked a place called Wet Dog Cafe & Brewery (there are a lot of breweries in Oregon), hoping for a tasty dessert. I arranged for a chauffer […]

Birthday in Astoria

Saturday I turned 46 and went down the road apiece to Astoria, Oregon.

Happy New Year

Many of my blogger friends are doing a year in review, and I was inspired to do my own.