As a person with five active blogs, multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook pages, Flickr, Vimeo, and so on, I truly appreciate the following performance. I think it's important to ask yourself if maybe you're over sharing. When I look at Twitter, in particular, I feel...
Oregon City Can Do Better Than A New Mall. Right?
We moved from NE Portland to West Linn at the end of May and ever since we have been busy learning the area. I like to call it the South Shore, although I may be alone in that. Anyway, one of the things that stands out is the fact that West Linn and Oregon City, just...
The Penny Gap
Over the past few years, I have not been devouring books like I once did. Mainly, because I absorb and reshape so much online content on a day-to-day basis, that the idea of leisure time reading now seems other than leisurely to me. Which is lame. Thankfully, I fixed...
Why Do Writers Write? To Bring Form To Their Thoughts, Or To Connect With An Audience?
I've been tossing around the idea that my writing, editing and publishing "isn't about me, it's about you," for some time now, and I have to admit it's a tricky concept to wrap my head around. The academic view is that writers, editors and publishers are people with...
Adventurous Citizens Of Beervana Raise A Sour Glass
“Sour beers certainly broaden the flavor spectrum,” Ron Gansberg of Cascade Brewing says, “and they should interest adventurous wine drinkers and beer drinkers both, because the beers are a sort of middle ground.” And he is right. After facing the long lines at...