Amanda Fritz

Bare trees. Except maybe not so much of the blue sky.

The NW Labor Press reported in August that the Oregon AFL-CIO has added Circuit City to its Unfair/Do Not Patronize List. The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the biggest…

Hooray for Oregon, the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday celebrating workers! Legislation was passed here in 1887, five years after the first Labor Day tribute to workers was celebrated…

Yesterday saw one of the biggest upsets of all time in college football, when little Appalachian State beat mighty Michigan in Ann Arbor. As noted on KUGN (Ducks radio in Eugene) after our…

Guest Post by Victor von Salza, Bridlemile resident Victor is an active participant in the Bridlemile Neighborhood Association and Bridlemile Creek Stewards in SW Portland. He chairs the Bridlemile neighborhood’s Communications Committee. This…

Labor Day weekend – the end of summer, or the start of the next adventure? Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

Wow, maybe the standard of education is higher in Washington state after all. In checking yesterday to find the address of Rainier High School for my nephew’s first game at quarterback for Northwest…

AOL Travel reports that Southwest Airlines is experimenting with having families with small children board last, instead of first. I always remembered humorist Dave Barry’s comment, in the days when I traveled with…

Steve took this photo when Larry Harvey spoke at City Repair earlier this year. His Thought for the Day is worth re-reading, on this the day the Man burns (again).

Fridays, particularly those before a holiday extended weekend, are known in some parts of Britain as “Poets’ Day”. Push Off Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday. Happy Poets’ Day – not that I’m suggesting any of…