The temperature’s supposed to soar today and tomorrow, so here’s a flashback to White River Falls in January, to remind us this too shall pass.

Actually, most of them are still pretty old. But a global poll with over 100 million participants announced on 07/07/07 the New Seven Wonders of the World (nice photos of all, in that…

There’s good information in Jim Redden’s Tribune report, Money comes for rail, but not roads, published last Friday … and perhaps even more insight in the reader comments on the web version. The…

For Commissioner Leonardo, returned from his visit to Italy – the Water Bureau float at the Starlight Parade, displaying the bureau’s new logo. Welcome back to all who’ve been away from either Portland…

The BBC reports on a recent study by the University of Albany in New York, examining why yawning can be contagious. The researchers suggest that the purpose of yawning is to cool the…

The price of a gallon of milk is one number that anyone who does family grocery shopping regularly knows well. For a very long time, I’ve been paying $1.99 for the cheapest gallon…

Wouldn’t today be a good day to hang out at the Waterfront Blues Festival?

As Scott Moore predicted, the Portland City Council’s hiatus last week from taking care of routine business results in an Agenda stuffed with contracts and other important but dull stuff this week. Plus,…

Ali and I volunteered taking admission donations at the Oregon Food Bank’s Waterfront Blues Festival yesterday evening. We did so last year, too, and except for the unexpected back strain from standing for…

The friendly, comfortable town of Moab, Utah, conveniently located close to Arches, Canyonlands, and Dead Horse Point.