by Michal Ann McArthur Central Oregon Writer The first weekend in June, my girlfriend had a yard sale. Not only can she now park her car in her garage, but she also made $1200.00. You might be tempted to say, not bad for a couple of days’ work. But actually, […]

24 Lessons Learned from Sex and the City by Shannon Ables The Simply Luxurious Life With television’s new summer season beginning this month, I can’t help but long for the season premiere of Sex and the City as it would usually begin on the first or second Sunday in June. […]

Fascinating and yet tragic as this large dock washed up on Agate Beach outside Newport Beach along the Oregon Coast.  

Moments for Mom By Elisabeth K. Corcoran Author of He Is Just That Into You Before I had children, I was the good touch/bad touch lady in the local school district. I would go into schools and speak to first, third and fifth graders about personal body safety. With the […]

Launching Fuh-gedda-bout-it, Inc. by Carolyn & Mike Rose The Deadly Duo Vancouver Writers When you’re retired, and living on a fixed income, you’re always looking for an angle to make a few more bucks. Carolyn and I have stumbled on what we think is the perfect scam—er, um, opportunity—to get […]

by Olivia Rossi Your Personal Trainer I notice eyebrows—the good, the bad and, yes, the ugly.  I’ve been an observer of eyebrows for years—guess you could say I have “eyebrow envy.”  After an unfortunate experience when I was fifteen, I’ve done my best to re-grow mine in an attempt to […]

By Caroline Miller Write Away Blog Portland author of Heart Land & Gothic Spring Yesterday my neighbor of almost twenty years moved away. She was a paranoid schizophrenic who often fought taking her medications. Sometimes, during a fearful spell, she’d call to ask me to sit with her. I watched, […]

From The Daily, “Addison Logan was browsing yard sales with his grandmother in Wichita, Kan., last week when an old Polaroid camera caught his eye. He bought it for $1 because he thought it was cool.  The surprise came later that day, when he opened the device and discovered a […]

Terri Patrick Terri Patrick’s blog This picture of the solar eclipse over Portland, Oregon, is shared by my friend Jessa Slade. She took it through the window of her home and this was about the halfway point. Ed and I saw this view, and to the almost full eclipse, while […]

by Elisha Joyce Fully Mulched Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is […]