… but not going across the desert. “Wild Horse in Snow”. The last in this week’s series of flashbacks to cooling photographs taken in winter, from our overnight stay at Kah-nee-ta in January.…

The comments on yesterday’s post about a Portland Parks & Recreation (PPR) meeting referenced Scott Moore’s article in the Mercury today on subsidies for adult softball, then received some details from reader Mary…

There are two main categories of need in Portland’s transportation infrastructure: construction and maintenance. Some streets are unpaved and/or don’t have sidewalks, crosswalks, or traffic lights. Others may have those facilities but need…

… and perhaps picking up or giving an E. coli infection. Ah, for the good ol’ days, when a dog playing in the river didn’t evoke so many questions and concerns.

I love summer, and summer heat. Steve doesn’t. I’ve mentioned the Great Air-Conditioner Debate before, although of course in weather like this even I am grateful for being able to sleep in a…

This isn’t exactly a Guest Post, rather further interesting comments with a different perspective, which I solicited and reproduce with permission. I read on Old Town blog by Larry Norton about a June…

Guest Post by Anthony Miller Anthony Miller, a sales consultant and executive coach, is President of Stepping Stone Solutions. He worked as an outside sales representative for a local petroleum distributor, specializing in…

Let me be perfectly clear. I admire Commissioner Sam Adams for raising the issue of how to pay for transportation maintenance and improvements in Portland’s neighborhoods, and support his goal of providing needed…

I’m guessing 99.9% of my readers won’t be interested, but the fact remains that much of my day today will be devoted to preparations for the movie premier of Harry Potter and the…