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As I was perusing books at Powell's bookstore in Portland Sunday, a couple asked me if I had read Landfall by Ellen Urbani.  No, I had...

This is just a quick filler post.  My Peace Corps group is together for the second time since our official tour of duty ended in 1969 (thoug...

LA weather isn't helping me prepare to go back to Anchorage.  The picture is from yesterday afternoon at Venice Beach....

"East High student returns to Anchorage as an actor in Anchorage International Film Festival film, or . . ." "Sometimes Sky...

The Catacombs of  Powell's are filled with books.  New and used.  Chamber after chamber, up the stairs, down and around.  Red ro...

I asked a woman who turned out to be Judy the extent to which a person should be able to recognize the characters in the calligraphy.  As y...

Drops of water everywhere.  Then inside to warm exhibit hall.  Calligraphy post coming soon.  Portland's Japanese ...

We're staying in NW Portland, not far from our apartment when I spent six months here on sabbatical.  We're not in the section ...

We're in Portland for a wedding.  Wednesday I got a call asking if I would serve as the best man.  I've known M for over 30 years an...