This puzzle is for everyone except Matt Davis, who is only allowed to answer if nobody has guessed by Tuesday. Where is it, and why the Muggle title? As regular readers doubtless guessed…

I started this blog at the end of December, 2006. I posted a review after two weeks, and another at two months. This is the planned six months-ish evaluation, since we were out…

I belong to several listserves – e-mail groups where a message sent to the list goes out to all subscribers. Some are on neighborhood themes, others on parks, environmental protection, union updates, social…

Steve’s title, not mine, so this isn’t an invitation for debate on the topic.

There is nothing on the Agenda anyone with a job requiring your presence during the day on Wednesday would be interested in. It says so, right at the end: “WEDNESDAY, 6:00 PM, JULY…

I’ll be posting grouped selections of Steve’s trip photographs on weekends periodically, for your entertainment and enjoyment. He caught almost every sunrise and sunset on our ten day adventure, due to knowing the…

First, the news that didn’t even make the news, at least that I’ve seen. Have you been eating the NW-grown Bing Cherries this year? Oh. My. Goodness. The best I can remember. Sweet,…

July 14, 2001. It took me 23 years longer to make this trip to France than I originally intended… due to going via New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Oregon. It was worth…

Ironic: Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended ~ American Heritage Dictionary I see on KGW that Mayor Potter has announced City Hall’s first floor bathrooms will be open to the public…

… in the Op-Ed published today by the Oregonian. It’s written by Len Norwitz and Leslie Hildula (too bad the paper couldn’t spell her name correctly), members of Portland’s Citizens Campaign Commission, with…