[Dec 15] Looking for something to do this Saturday? Or maybe a bit of local Christmas shopping? Come take a look at Chris' ceramics, mugs, bowls, sponge holders, sculptural pieces, and Jacquelyn's paintings, hand-painted cards,…
Posts published in November 2018
[Dec 15] This Saturday, our 23rd annual Christmas Singalong with Lynn Archambault at 8:30 (dinner ends a bit early). Song books and hot mulled wine provided. Come caroling where you can stay warm! Come early…
Camp Fire;
Ed Notes;
Little Dog;
Conspiracy Theorists;
Limbless;
St. Anthony's;
Yesterday's Catch;
Endangered Bees;
Fishcap;
Underground Lines;
Awareness;
Educated People;
Heading Out;
Quizless;
SF;
Surviving Wildfires;
Guatemalan Treasures;
First Day;
Big Bossman;
So-So Burger;
Humco Fines;
Sparking Powerlines;
Climate Denial;
Ride Offer;
Shrinking;
Buffalo Bill;
County Vacancies;
Pagan Commune;
Student Health;
World Ended;
Community Thanksgiving;
Improv Comedy;
Unraveling;
Herbal Energetics;
Cannabis Tax
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The forecast for August 8th was ominous. The temperature in Portland was predicted to breach 100 hundred degrees for the second time in a couple weeks. In the end, the mercury stalled at 96 degrees…
I turned on my TV at about nine-thirty Tuesday night. I wanted to see what the paid liars were saying about the fiasco of an election, and which of the “choices” offered them our ill-informed…
I’m an old man with Medicare Part D drug insurance. I shop at a local chain food market pharmacy. One of my prescriptions results in an $80.03 co-pay. They sell that drug for $225.69 cash. I found another chain store that sells it for $21.69 cash. I later found a website that allows me to print coupons so that the pharmacy I’ve been shopping at will sell it for $15.72 cash. Unbelievable is the only printable word that comes to mind.
Three more states relaxed their draconian marijuana laws in the midterm elections and that makes it less of a gauntlet the mules have to run to get the weed out of the Emerald Triangle and…
The anniversary of Jack London’s death on November 22, 1916 is near. In honor of the occasion, which I will observe, we might revisit some of his ideas and take another look at his life.…