I decided to throw myself a small party for my 44th birthday, as I’ve mentioned here 10 or 20 times, and it went okay. You know why? Because instead of doing all the food myself I called out, “Potluck!” and everyone responded.

We had… (more…)

You know Dooce? She’s giving away a Wii on her site. So leave a comment! Yeah, you’ll just have to compete with the 12,000 that are already up.

This weekend… (more…)

If you make friends with the science teacher at school, chances are you’re going to end up babysitting the class fish for the summer.

Chances are this will turn into a “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” kind of experience, wherein… (more…)

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

— Pablo Picasso

had a lot of food and fun and friends. kids ran around like feral animals. am tiny bit hungover. the outdoors seems really, really… bright.

love,
wm

“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.”
— Plautus

Thanks for the nice comments and e-mails, y’all! Love you!!!!

wm

here’s a gift for you…

“Warm Beer & Cold Women,” by Tom Waits…

From Brother Randy:

I am a Portlander looking to tell North Portland churches that an 11-Neighborhood mission has been launched in North Portland to help those in need of help with rising gas and food prices.

Our organization, Bright Neighbor, has teamed up with the City of Portland to help neighbors better get to know one another, and to create local networks so people can lend out items like lawn mowers, find local babysitters, set up ride sharing, do cooperative gardening, etc.

We have a public meeting about this North Portland project at the Historic Kenton Firehouse this
Thursday evening at 6 PM. If you would like to attend, the event is kid friendly.

Respectfully,

Randy White
Community Project Manager, Bright Neighbor
randy at brightneighbor dot com

Were you wondering where Betsy R. and Dieselboi have been? Check for them (and a few new faces) right here. Welcome back, y’all. Or “welcome to your new incarnation,” more like.