It has been a busy, interesting, and generally pleasant three weeks since November 4. Challenging, too, although that term will forevermore be qualified in my mind with the follow-up thought, “at least you’re…

Tomorrow’s Agenda is here. I am not. Here, that is, as in Portland. I am in Ashland, staying overnight after driving down this afternoon. Ali wants to know how early we can leave…

We dined at The Refectory last night (yum!), to celebrate Steve’s mother’s birthday. Emily mentioned she enjoyed Steve’s landscape photographs I’ve posted recently. So here is another, and we’ll have a run of…

The Oregonian yesterday published an OpEd with my name and photograph, responding to their editorial immediately after the election that called for pulling the plug on Public Campaign Financing. I appreciate being given…

I am taking next week off – not from this blog, but from my current schedule of 12 hours of meetings and events six days a week. Although I am more careful about…

Thanks to Albert Kaufman who posted this information from Kyenne Williams, Solid Waste & Recycling, City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development, 503-823-5054, in the comments on an old post: The best way…

Guest Post by Carol McCreary et al Today is World Toilet Day. As a member of the World Toilet Organization, PHLUSH (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human) is joining activists from all over…

The Portland City Council Agenda this week has an extra-long Consent list. Last week, Commissioner Sam Adams was sick, and Commissioner Dan Saltzman was absent, so the Council did not have the required…