Position: 47°35’04.7″N 122°23’11.4″W Walking through residential neighbourhoods in the Pacific Northwest is an exercise in exercise and in architectural diversity. Both Seattle and Portland were established at around the same time. Both cities have old neighbourhoods that grew in stages, …
Position: 47°33’40.2″N 122°23’12.6″W This was to be a light post. A fluffy marshmallow describing our latest housesitting engagement in chichi West Seattle. After 10 minutes of digging around the internet for nuggets of history that might serve as a metaphorical …
Position: 47°44’45.0″N 121°05’14.9″W The high-pressure weather system that sat over the Pacific Northwest for almost all of January finally dissipated. The timing was almost perfect. Taking care of the animals and getting to and from the best dog walking spots …
Position: 45°42’18″N 121°30’38″W Hood River merges with the Columbia River about 60 miles east of Portland. It is known for bougie sports, beer and fruit. Moving to Portland from the east coast 25 years ago, Hood River seemed like it …
Position: RAKING MUCK Getting away from it all is what vacationers have sought for years. No matter how long or how short the holiday, the desire to drop everything and lounge on a beach is as old as Florida. Getting …
Position: SCRATCHING FOR FEED With 10 hungry beaks to feed, you’d think taking care of chickens would be a chore. Turns out it isn’t. The little peckers have grown on us over the past couple of weeks and now they’re …
Position: 45°42’18″N 121°30’38″W Oliver Wendell Douglas is a name that will strike merriment in the heart of anyone over the age of 50. As a lawyer Oliver was an unhappy man. As a farmer, he found his true calling and …
Position: 44°03’32.6″N 121°18’54.6″W Compared with the Byzantine Empire, the city of Bend, Oregon, has had a short history. For millennia indigenous peoples lived, gathered and hunted the wide plains and foothills surrounding the “Towarnehiooks” river. They also fought each other …
Position: 44°3’31.4″N, 121°18’43.1″W In films, a good transition heralds a change without confusing the audience or disrupting the narrative. Sometimes that’s a simple cut from one speaker to another. Sometimes it is a slow cross-dissolve, where one scene fades in …
