I like it…looking at disparate stuff. In random order. The best. Elizabeth and I raced through the pouring rain to Portland yesterday for “research”…a fiber-oriented show at the Helzer Gallery at PCC Rock Creek Campus. Though the gallery was small…only enough room for one or two pieces from each artist, each piece had something to […]
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Love Your Library II: Kristin Kuhns
First, let me remind you of the upcoming fund-raiser for the Salem Public Library Children’s Room renovation, which is on Thursday, November 7th… The Children’s Room renovation will include (according to library staff): “The existing Children’s area activity room and adjacent under-utilized space (where the teen collection was previously housed) will be transformed into a […]
Zucchini Bread!
In September I visited my Auntie Pat in Wisconsin and as we parted she gave me her zucchini bread recipe. So, the other day, I had one big zucchini left and thought the moment had arrived…zucchini bread time. When I got out the recipe I noticed she had omitted the flour, so I got a […]
Love Your Library…November 7th…
Maybe you’ve seen this poster around town announcing that writer Ursula LeGuin will be speaking at a fund raiser to help the Salem Public Library Foundation raise funds for the renovation of the children’s room at the library. Willamette University English Professor Gretchen Moon will be doing a question and answer session with author Ursula […]
A Basket Full of Stuff
My friend George writes a nice blog and the other day he wrote in an email that his recent post was a bit miscellaneous…sort of a “basket full of stuff.” THIS, I thought, exactly describes my current predicament…weirdly unrelated, all sort of interesting, some nice images…okay let’s go. The weather has been beautiful here, after […]
Sunday Fun….
A varied sort of day today…art/babies/friends/family…picked up my Madras show work from Coralee and got to see the piece she bought, installed…”Tron”…looking good… Downtown to catch Sue-Del McCulloch and Katy McFadden talk about their work on view at Waterstone Gallery… but I couldn’t get past Katy’s beautiful and expressive hands… Or Alexander’s cautious flirtation… A […]
No News is Good News?
In blog land, the “blogoshpere”, you actually do a little better if you have something to write about…and I usually do have some slim thought. This week was a quiet, serene week…not particularly notable in any way. We ate and gardened, had meetings and songs, did some creative work, saw friends and just enjoyed the […]
QUILTOPIA!!!
Wow…what a fun day! (Sunny, bright…bike ride.) Then Sharon and I headed off to the Quiltopia Cottage Tour, organized by Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest…our local Salem quilt shop. First stop was Melanie and Michael Freeman’s house…old friends, former neighbors on Court Street, Melanie started quilting after her daughter took a quilt camp in 5th grade and […]
Pear Upside Down Cake
It’s fall. NO doubt about it. On the counter today was this bowl of pears at perfection… and the kids are coming so…I found a recipe from a few Thanksgivings ago…”Upside-Down Cardamom-Pear Cake” which I remember was delicious… You might want to give it a try. It came from Cooking Light back in 2006… 2 […]
Oregon Capitol Has a Birthday!
On April 25, 1935, our stately old Capitol building burned, alas. To the ground. A new building was built, a cornerstone was installed in a big ceremony… and a statue of a golden pioneer was placed atop the building… 75 years ago…and this is birthday week. We heard the capitol building was decorated like a […]
On The Way 