Look Out! It’s A Cycle Path!
Well, you have to go back to physics class to truly understand bike lanes. Not [...]
Cape Horn
My niece Elizabeth hauled me out to the Columbia River Gorge the other day for [...]
Blood, Simple
Since we've retired, we've looked for excuses to take walks. For instance, if I suddenly [...]
The Mortal Coil Shuffle
According to researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, patients who relied on religious [...]
A Hell Of A Potter
When I met my friend Peg Johnson thirty years ago, people were calling her Peggy [...]
We The People
I've got my Portland-Liberal cred polished up good and shiny now, after bicycling in the [...]
Stop And Smell The Putrescine
It's June, and outside in the south garden is the unmistakable reek of a whompingly [...]
Defining Bodacious
The kitchen is sparkling. The laundry is folded. The beds are made. There's a new [...]
Speaking Phlegmish
Regular readers may have surmised that I recently spent some time in a jet seated [...]
Dispatch From The Belfry
Night before last, I felt something crawling on my back and discovered a largish ant [...]
Eager Greeter
Tell me this hasn't happened to you before. You're up to your chest in swamp [...]
The Ants Are Back
It's spring! You can tell. The cable company has popped up with their springtime for-no-particular-reason [...]
Loved Ones, With A Side Of Lefse
There is a perennial ad in the obituary section of the newspaper for "funeral alternatives." [...]
The Mighty Zin
A wine-tasting tour, the way we do it, is sort of like a mastodon hunt. [...]
What Time Is It In Your Pants?
Our amazing friend Scott lives in the country. When one of his out-buildings was burglarized [...]