Category: Life in the Pacific Northwest
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2021 – not the return to normal
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I’m working part-time, consistently, for 2-3 clients at any given time, and it’s been fantastic. But all of…
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When you speak only to belittle
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There’s a scene in Fried Green Tomatoes that rings so, so true, and is incredibly painful. It’s when…
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Breaking her spirit
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I don’t know why some people delight in tearing women down. But I have, too often, befriended such…
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I never want to forget this week
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I haven’t blogged about the coup attempt almost two weeks ago because I am still so horrified and…
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2020 – not my worst year
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Science has shown that gratitude, that making a list of things that have gone well, makes a person…
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letter regarding Forest Grove Police Department violations of community trust
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sent via email November 23, 2020 To: the City Council members of Forest Grove, Oregon In the early…
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We bought a house
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Haven’t updated in a while because we have been immersed in HOUSE BUYING HELL. What an awful process.…
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Portlandia is real
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Five of us schlepped up from Canby to have dinner in Portland – specifically, to Tanuki, a restaurant…
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