The Portland Park Blocks, the south side, deserves a good look this time of year. Call it a learning moment, my dog did. Who’s a good girl. We started at Portland State University to see what the youths were up to.
LOVE RULES ON PORTLAND PARK BLOCKS AND BLACK HEARTS
March 4, 2020 by
It was a dark and stormy night for love rules? No, not stormy, but dark, and I was in a certain space somewhere between regret and remorse. So maybe it was stormy after all, my own little shower of despair. It started with a conversation inside a Willamette Writers meeting, which is always a challenge. […]
MONICA DRAKE: PORTLAND AUTHOR, DETECTIVE, DELIGHT
February 12, 2017 by
Tell me a better Oregon name than Monica Drake, then show me a better story collection. Oregon Ducks and Monica Drake? Perfect combination. Oregon State Beavers and Monica Nutria? Not so much. In her short story collection, The Folly Of Loving Life, Monica Drake gives TRUTH to this writers’ advice: Only write […]
THE Oregon History
July 3, 2013 by
A Good Time For A Refresher Course? Museums serve to help us understand. The good ones are a destination onto themselves. The Oregon Historical Society is fast becoming that destination. Again.
