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We made it to Seattle today - it was sunny and warm around noon when we arrived in Chinatown for lunch.  Though there were snow patches he...

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...

The flight cancellations over the last couple of days due to snow in Seattle and some ice and heavy rain in Portland meant the flight wa...

A friend of mine has decided that kids going hungry here in Anchorage isn't right. He's working to End Child Hunger by 2015 . He'...

It's almost a month past the winter solstice.  It's 4:20pm and an office building is catching the reflection of the setting sun th...

Pennlive reports : Driscoll - Image from Pennlive University of Alaska provost and executive vice chancellor Michael Driscoll , 50...

January 21, 2012 is the two year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Citizens United which essentially gave corporations the first ame...