Wilson High School Principal Sue Brent sent the following to parents yesterday, following the Oregonian article reporting on school ratings. “I wanted to respond to the story that ran in the Oregonian today…

An easy one, selected to reward those who check this blog as part of their early morning routine. What/where is it?

We did a short canvass in Seaside at the close of Monday’s session, asking residents to sign up for Working America and then urging them to vote Yes on Measure 50. Verbatim transcript…

A river, obviously. Which one? Remember the hint I gave yesterday.

The Oregonian published an interesting article by Gail Kinsey Hill and Scott Learn yesterday, on “The drive for biofuels”. Since it will disappear into the paid archives after two weeks, except if you…

Since I’m going to be away at the Oregon AFL-CIO convention until Thursday, let’s have Photo ID contest week to add some interest for those toiling in Portland. Each day, I’ll post one…

Check out this beautiful web page giving an enticing trailer for two events this weekend – one yesterday evening, the other Sunday at 2 p.m. – in conjunction with the Portland Q Center’s…

I started writing this post at seven-thirty on Saturday morning, and I’d already been up for an hour. Sad. But perusing the upcoming items on the Portland City Council’s Agenda always perks me…

We live in such a beautiful city. It’s a daily delight to decide which of my husband Steve’s photographs to post next. And I got the correct word in the title this time.