Portland
Picture of Portland #2
The Laurelhurst entrance to the 42nd Avenue pedestrian bridge.
Steve Casburn
Life
A nice Portland moment #2
I was walking up SE 26th past Caruthers early this evening, when I saw a cat sitting on a chest-high retaining wall. I petted the cat for a minute, and it then put its front paws on my right shoulder and rubbed its face against the back of my
Politics
Why the Democrats are a minority party
According to CNN (emphasis added): The announcement came after Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and California Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the top-ranking Democrat in the House, emerged from a White House breakfast meeting with President Bush and Cheney to say the vice president needed to come forward.
Intellect
The decline and fall of reader interest
The Multnomah County Library has a set of the Everyman's Library six-volume edition of Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Volume 1 has seen hard use: The cover bent and frayed at the corners, the fabric threadbare in places, the spine
Portland
Picture of Portland
The steeple of the Sunnyside United Methodist Church, viewed through the overhang of the Belmont Lofts.
History
Ripped 100 years ago from today's headlines
An excerpt from a letter written by President Theodore Roosevelt to U.S. Ambassador to Italy Henry White, dated September 13, 1906: Just at the moment I am so angry with that infernal little Cuban republic that I would like to wipe its people off the face of the earth.
Life
Going where the getting is good
My best friend from high school and his wife were adopted about 10 years ago by a cat named Ruben. He just showed up one day at their townhouse. Purring, friendly, cute. They started feeding him, and he stuck around. Every now and then, Ruben would disappear for a week
Politics
Triggerman
Dick Cheney's hit count: Republicans Viet Cong
Portland
A week of sunshine
I'm told that every winter, Portland gets a week with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50s. We just had that week. It was great to watch the euphoria wash over people. Little darling The smiles returning to the faces Little darling It seems like years since it&
Portland
Old cars
I was walking through East Portland recently when I saw a Mercury Montclair. I'd never seen a Mercury Montclair before. In fact, I wasn't aware that Mercury had ever manufactured a Montclair model. Portland is great like that: All kinds of old cars sitting around. The
Politics
Note for Joe Biden
Thomas F. Bayard Henry White: Thirty Years of American Diplomacy
Me
Portland loves bitterness
Portland is a beer and coffee town, and I'm a wine and soda guy. Bitter drinks do nothing for me. I can enjoy a good stout, and I turn to Frappucinos when I need a caffeine hit, but that's as far as I go.