When you live in a small town, being widely known as an avid bird watcher sooner or later confers upon you the honorary distinction of being the village ornithologist.
From Under My Hat
The collection of opinion piece essays published primarily by newspapers under the title From Under My Hat.
Childish Name-calling
Even as the results from the 2010 Oregon Primary Election were still in the process of being announced, a new website was being launched that lowered the intellectual level of political discourse in the state to a level that can best be described as childish.
Horror Show
In our home, the usual television fare can be best characterized as “Mayberry.”
No Milk or Sugar for Me, Thank You
Ever since I was a small child, I’ve been a tea drinker. My maternal grandmother and my Aunt Rose, in a good-natured but earnest struggle to ensure that my young tastes would grow to embrace their beverage of choice as opposed to my father’s family’s coffee-drinking traditions, put water-thinned tea in my bottle as a […]