Yes, two days with City Council hearings on the Agenda this upcoming week. Yet sadly, even though this is the third Wednesday and the code allows the Council to hold one of its…

We made a family trip to the coast yesterday, visiting Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside, and Cannon Beach. Absolutely lovely weather – 65 degrees, sunny, not too windy. Photographs coming here soon. This shot is…

There’s a great letter in today’s Oregonian, which I’m republishing here in its entirety before it gets lost in the paid archives. “My reaction to Dani Countryman’s death is very personal. There were…

“Hey Mom, I forgot to tell you, I have to go to a professional Improv show for my class, before Thursday.” Ali is taking a theatre class at Portland State University this summer.…

A bird at the Oregon Zoo, attempting to eat Steve’s tripod.

I realize not many citizens are experts at following the quasi-judicial processes known as land use reviews, but stay with me on this one – it isn’t complicated. Last month in Portland, a…

Lee van der Loo reports in this morning’s Tribune that Rappaport Energy Consulting has decided to build a new biodiesel refinery at the Port of Vancouver instead of in Portland. This may be…

Steve’s title is “Rat”, but I made it more generic as I’m guessing someone will be able to tell us exactly what it is.

Periodically since I posted Stop it with the phone books! in January, I’ve contacted Dan Saltzman’s office to ask for progress reports. Commissioner Saltzman is in charge of the Office of Sustainable Development,…