A couch for me to sleep on ( Read more... )

Dear friends without health insurance (who live in Oregon ( Read more... )

Event #1 - This Sunday evening, 6:30. The Messiah sing along at 2901 SE Steele St, 97202. It is donation only, bring cash and/or non-perishable foods ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving is approaching quickly and with much less involvement on my part than I am used to. I think there are some other people who have a much better sense of what The Plan is ( Read more... )

After coming back to town, immediately moving into our new house and having my summer pass in a blur of two jobs that challenged me in vastly different ways (and finishing one of them) I am just now starting to feel like I might be getting my Portland-life back together ( Read more... )

A few years ago the city of Portland dropped off a bag of cool stuff at my house as part of the Healthy Trips SE campaign.  A pedometer was part of the package and for a little while I got really into tracking my daily number of steps.  And then, shortly before the new-shiny-toy excitement faded, I signed up for the Eowyn Challenge, comparing my ( Read more... )

Here are some photos of us that I found on Flickr.  Now that I'm not working crazy hours I hope to mark some things off my to-do list, including uploading a bunch of pictures ( Read more... )

One of the organizations that I volunteered with during the year away is sending the President and Vice-President to the U.S. for an event in CA. They are looking for some help, so if you live in CA or know anyone who does, please forward

( this info on to them. )

Went to the Half Blood Prince midnight release last night, 12:03 to be exact ( Read more... )

blah blah ugh ( Read more... )