Keeping Portland Murderers Weird
Last post I mentioned that Portland hasn’t kept up in the mass-murder category. And I [...]
Mandatory weirdness
If you live in Portland, Oregon, you have been instructed to be weird. KEEP PORTLAND [...]
In search of common ground
It’s January. The insurrection is in the rear-view mirror and we’re hoping it stays there. [...]
Oh. Holy Night!
So our corner of the Bomb Cyclone came in right on schedule. It was sort [...]
Fourteen is an insufficient number of degrees
Picture it. A man stands backlit against the setting sun, his hands pressed at the [...]
Let There Be Lights
I don’t know what happened. I went from being someone who wanted Christmas slathered all [...]
Pete Seeger or Nancy Reagan? Hmm.
I had a lot of old ladies on my mail route. I loved my old [...]
The Sidecat
Let’s set the scene. Someone has knocked at our door and Tater Cat has, as [...]
Son of Stud
Studley Some of you might be wondering how Project New Chickadee came out. [...]
The Lord of Loam, Second Dump
We left our story with an alley jammed full of compost. I’d blocked off a [...]
The Lord of Loam
Well this was exciting. I was all set to do my Lasagne Garden. That’s where [...]
Unmuting the underworld
If a caecilian blorts in a burrow and there’s nobody underground to hear it, does [...]
Cobble, Discarded Humans, and Other Detritus
An impressive pile of potato-sized rocks squats in a corner of my yard. This is [...]
Don’t lend me anything you care about
Anna, our renter, is very mature. I’m overripe but that is not the same thing. [...]
How do you like them famous potatoes?
Comes down to it, you have to take your blessings as they come, and so [...]