Today Marilyn and I attended the 7th Annual Holiday Market at McMenamins: Cornelius Pass Roadhouse (located in Hillsboro, Oregon). Their website is HEREThe parking lot was SO FULL that we ended up parking way over at Fred Meyer and crossing the road to walk back to the event! (After driving around and around in the parking lot with no success, that ( Read more... )

I was talking to Jillian about the world we live in. Christine, too, (at a totally different time) actually. We all three agreed that most people are good -- in spite of the bad (even evil) people in the world. I talked about how, when I used to teach Sunday school, I would talk about PEACE. Children seem to always speak inherently about peace, if ( Read more... )

First off, Happy Labor Day to all my American friends! This day is designed to pay national tribute each year to the contributions of our workers. Though people argue how the holiday began, I think we have UNIONS to thank. Anyway, the first ever Labor Day was celebrated on September 5, 1882 (a Tuesday), in New York City. This national holiday is a ( Read more... )

Well, Marilyn and I actually managed to survive June 2013. How about that? There were times I think we both wondered if we would. (grin) A tough month ( Read more... )

We didn't leave as early as hoped (we never seem to!), but we were on the road by noon. It takes around two hours (or a bit longer) to get from our house in Portland to our house in Seaside, just for the record ( Read more... )

I was planning to blog earlier today, but that just didn't happen. What can I say? I was also planning to phone a bunch of friends to wish them 'Merry Christmas' -- and it didn't happen, either... Ah, the best laid plans ( Read more... )

I started my Organize Holiday Decorations project today. I've got nine (!!!) boxes of stuff out in the garage waiting to go to the Goodwill -- plus a huge pillowcase stuffed with clothes I went through. (And a couple of those boxes are pretty big, too ( Read more... )

Can you spend 10 minutes and 44 seconds with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.??? If so, then check out this YouTube!

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"I ain't gonna study war no more."
~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


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We need to go shopping for Christmas for our neighbors (plus the mailman, garbage and recycling, computer people and so on). That's a LOT of gifts, and this is the last weekend before Christmas ( Read more... )

Today is Labor Day in the United States of America. This is (deservedly) a national holiday, and a favorite three-day-weekend for many.

(An aside: Often children go back to school on the Tuesday after Labor Day. This was true for me when I was in school...)

You know, it's very easy to forget WHY we celebrate this holiday: "The vital force of ( Read more... )