Our trip to the coast 12/30/06 yielded this, instead of whales. No filters used in the photography – this is natural glory. Awesome. Happy New Year, everyone.

Carla at Loaded Oregon does excellent work in her regular “Spanning the State” review of news from outside Portland. I hope more Portlanders will start reading these posts and clicking the links –…

* Anybody willing to work should be able to find a job that pays a living wage. * People shouldn’t have to file for bankruptcy because they got sick. * Every child should…

Mt St Helens, of course, taken a year or so ago. Posting early today, as Steve and I are off to the coast to see if we can spot any whales. Photos Sunday,…

The media likes to put down Neighborhood Associations and the people who volunteer in them. Many Portland politicians do, too. I’m not sure why that is. Power/control issues? Plus the fact that our…

This should really be the fourth post in this series, but I’m still researching the proposals for PDC and for changes to the Civil Service rules. So, skipping to the last listed of…

This contribution was left under comments on an earlier post by Carol McCreary, a stalwart citizen in Old Town. Volunteers have been making great progress working for provision of toilet facilities downtown. Carol…

Nutria, in the stormwater detention pond next to WinCo Foods off Pacific Highway in Tigard. You might think this is evidence of a healthy ecosystem, that animals are colonizing the pond, but in…

Whether you’re a Duck, Beaver, Viking, Pilot, or fan of another Oregon college, or just a supporter of access to higher education in Oregon, go to ESPN’s Game Changing Play right now, and…

Here’s the link to the Housing Alliance site mentioned in my Letter to the Editor in today’s Oregonian. I’m excited about the prospects of new funding for affordable housing in the 2007 Legislature.…