I am not the kind of person who makes New Year’s resolutions; instead I hope I can live up to my ideals every day without making a formal commitment to them. One commitment I have been able to stick to since coming to Portland is to patronize local businesses whenever possible. I will admit to [...]
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Shopping local in Portland
Posted in food, meanderings, Oregon, Portland on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Visiting the Gorge
Posted in meanderings, Oregon, photography, Portland on December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It rained hard on Thanksgiving here in Portland. In fact, it was a decidedly un-Portland-like rain that drummed on the skylights and on the deck all day long. That made it all the more wonderful to wake up the next morning to blue skies and sun. The weather was so remarkable that we quickly scrapped [...]
Finally fall
Posted in Oregon, photography, Portland on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been waiting for the Japanese maple tree outside our front door to turn. Now that it has I am finally confident that fall has arrived. The really striking thing about this tree, though, is not the bright yellow color of the leaves, but the brilliant green of the trunk and branches. The green [...]
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