Madison v. Franklin

All I want is for her to care whether she’s there or not, so she’ll be motivated to put some effort into it.

Voices of Egypt

We, over here in the United States, care much less about the type of government that reigns in the end, if it was placed there by the popular voice of the people.

The smallest park in the world is in Portland

They are, respectively: Mill Ends Park (a circle, 24 inches in diameter) and Forest Park (5, 171 acres).

Cherokee storyteller Robert Lewis

The Mt. Hood Cherokees invited Robert Lewis to Portland to tell us some Cherokee stories.

Clear and Cisco together make happy surf girls

Clear gave me exactly what I expected: decent, consistent speed.

Fresh air, finally

I am now free to try again to live up to my own potential.

Resolving two years ago

I spent some quality time rolling around in the lint of self pity during December and the first week of January.

Ben ain’t Heavy

Don’t you love it when art moves you?

2010 in review

Since I posted Seven Color Crystal Bolls I have been getting two or three hits a day every single day.

Dream of the chocolate ankle boots

I had one of those dreams that’s entertaining AND I remembered it. The dream starred one of my friends, so I emailed the story to her. The text of my email follows: At first you told me about how, in a bored/creative mood one evening, you had created a pair of ankle boots out of […]