I’ll tell you how it started out that night: I’d gone to see my father where he lay, Determined not to try to make him hear Or summon up the memory of the guest Who’d come once more to visit him this night, In the old folks’ home. Most times he didn’t know That I […]
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought it would be good to include in the February issue a column of advice to the lovelorn. And who better to host such a feature than that paragon of romance, Nettie Connett? In the hills of East Clackamas County, somewhere between Sandy and Timberline Lodge, the Sandy Historical […]
On my 63rd birthday I took up bicycle commuting for the sole purpose of reducing gasoline consumption, but the residual advantages just keep coming. Last month I recounted the benefits to my health and improved general attitude, but hardly a week goes by without revealing another unexpected blessing. Probably the greatest inducement was the circumstance […]
When I quit smoking cigarettes decades ago, I made a solemn vow not to become one of those obnoxious, smug ex-smokers who try to make life miserable for all the other smokers in the world. Not for me the pious lectures on the evils and dangers of inhaling all those noxious gases, and tars, and […]
I’ve wanted to be on a jury since the first time I saw Perry Mason on TV in 1957. One of the great disappointments of my adult life is that I’ve never been called for jury duty. People all around me would be called, would complain, and then would immediately start figuring ways to get […]