Portland Pride 2013

It feels good to be in a city where most of the time strangers see you first as a human being, and second as whatever your outward appearance might be.

Home of the Troll Bridge: Forest Park

We did a 7 1/2 mile loop, which was enough to get the stir crazy out of my bones.

The Moth in Portland

Turns out, I am not as well acquainted with The Moth as I wanted to be. But the important thing is that it was a wonderful evening in a stunning venue with the perfect companion.

Stepping in for Mom

I felt for a moment as though I was channeling her spirit.

Marcus Eaton & Intervision

After our full morning with the Mt. Hood Cherokees, Tara and I then had an awesome evening when we took Arno to see my favourite musician, Marcus Eaton. ME also plays with Ben Burleigh on bass and Kevin Rogers on drums, but often I catch him in Portland when he’s solo. This was one of […]

Halloween recap

Holy cow. Seriously? 9:25 and I hear a little girl’s voice outside…there goes the bell.

Hands Up!

When we are faced with the reality of what we have created…it is a shock.

Japanese garden in the rain

How lucky we were to happen upon a two-day bonsai exhibit from the Bonsai Society of Portland.

A reminder

These powerful words were created by a few men trying to create a brand new country

Indians at OMSI

As is the case with so many aspects of our lives: it turns out just as it was supposed to, but not necessarily the way we were expecting.