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A Moving Experience, or the Relocation Blues 5 Jul 2010 | 05:58 am
Relocating–moving–has always been a part of American life. Even before we became a country, our ancestors–for those of us with non-Native American heritage–had torn up their roots and relocated. Today...
Ebb Tide 25 Jun 2010 | 02:50 pm
The brakes of the Mercedes squealed as it stopped, bumper against the sawhorses in the driveway. Beyond them stood the power saw, right where it had been for months. A twenty-five-foot sailboat poked ...
A Tankless Task: Finding a New Water Heater 11 Jun 2010 | 08:23 am
A conventional tank water heater is one of the largest energy vampires in the house. Keeping 40 to 100 gallons of hot water standing by, whether you need it not, sucks up an estimated 25% of every ene...
Naked Dignity 4 Jun 2010 | 04:25 am
When I went to Japan in the early 1980s, I expected to love many things: the simplicity of the architecture and the art, the gardens, the calligraphy, the pottery, the flower arranging. But it came as...
The Muneate 26 May 2010 | 02:30 am
Non-traditional practice garb My sports ineptitude is legend. The phrase “can’t hit the broad side of a barn” was coined to describe my throwing prowess. So when my dad brought home a couple bows and...
Why I Am Not an Athlete 15 May 2010 | 10:06 am
It started when I was in junior high. President John F. Kennedy was determined to get us into shape. So we were condemned to physical education classes every day. Even if it wasn’t every day, it seeme...
The Gift of Laughter 12 May 2010 | 06:09 am
Mother’s Day was beautiful here in Oregon. The kind of day where my mom and I would have headed out for brunch, then headed for the coast, hit the iris gardens, or wandered through a nursery. But my m...
Sakura 3 Mar 2010 | 07:07 am
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Cherry blossoms in Japan, 1983 It’s spring in the Northwest and the flowering plum and cherry trees are luminous against the gray-green of ...
Holding On 4 Feb 2010 | 09:38 am
Our family had friends who collected. Not one thing in particular, but a little of lots of things in particular. Some of it was purchased with the thought of “investment” for retirement. Some of it (a...
