8th grade graduation

It’s the time when scheduled appointments are picking up because it’s the end of the school year. Aside from the ballet performance and it’s multitudinous rehearsals, Miss T is due to graduate from middle school and then my daughter will be a high-schooler. It’s more of an adjustment for me than for her. Am I […]

Japanese garden in the rain

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

Know Power – street art for social change

Young people can often see most clearly in the face of societal failures, because they have not yet learned the advantage that some seek through the oppression of others.

Play Pumps

Girls in the Gorge

When the seasonal affective disorder symptoms were about to make us want to gouge out our eyes with forks, Mother Nature blessed us with ONE gorgeous day before the rain and cool temps rolled back in.

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.

Say goodbye to the Hi

Two things are taking the “HI” away from me: a changing schedule and Earth’s revolving around the sun.

I am one of those “overpaid” federal workers

A recurring theme in the press these days: damned federal workers raking in the dough at taxpayer’s expense.

Love my Peets

There was no reason to sacrifice fine dining just because one was living in a tent at 6000 feet.