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WHO READS A GUN VIOLENCE POST?

January 8, 2016 by

Who writes a gun violence post? Responsible bloggers need to put their niche aside for a moment to address one of the pressing issues of our time. Gun violence. If you do write such a post, and I hope you do, be prepared for a particular reader and a particular comment. If you post a […]

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GRANDMOTHER GUNS IN PORTLAND

October 9, 2015 by

A True Story About Grandmother Guns In Portland Oregon. An elderly lady pulled her car into her NE Portland garage on a hot day. I was there to pick up a museum donation, three quilts for the Oregon Historical Society. Museums love fragile textiles, product packaging, anything you’d throw away a hundred years ago. Quilts […]

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OUR OREGON TOWN TO YOURS

October 2, 2015 by

Not Much Happens In Our Town And That’s How We Like It. Our Oregon Town Likes It Too. Our Town opened in 1938, portraying the lives and events of a small town in New Hampshire from 1901-1913. The dates are important. Our Town shows life before WWII. Thornton Wilder had WWI and The Great Depression […]

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BLACK FRIDAY OR BLACK OPS

November 28, 2014 by

Who Really Needs The Dick Gun Doorbuster? The Sunday paper shows up on Thursday every Thanksgiving, loaded with consumer bait known as ads. During a short break in the three day cooking ordeal every devout member of the Greatest Generation uses to prepare a proper meal, my MIL and I looked at the ads. What […]

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