There's a new film festival here called Portland Panorama, and I'm hoping they'll make an exception to their rule that submissions have to come from this year, and accept my late-2023 short Causeway Days, about the time I spent in New Orleans after my partner's brain surgery. vimeo.com/858411646
A non-narrative 2023 diary of returning to New Orleans for my partner's brain surgery, with daily trips across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. Music courtesy…
Last night for the first time in a while I visited Powell's Books, the largest independent US bookstore. I was there for a signing by photographer Mike Vos, whose book is on the bottom in this photo of my overall book haul. Gonna need to make room for an expanded film section on our shelves.
I still subscribe to my hometown daily newspaper, The Oregonian, but some of its stories really make me cringe. First among those would be a regular series rhetorically asking and then answering what TV or streaming channel a sporting event is on. I mean, these guys used to win PULITZERS.
My friend Michael Kentoff, lead singer for Washington, DC band The Caribbean, made a solo album and I love it so much. Here's a link to his Bandcamp page: michaelkentoff.bandcamp.com/album/michae...
My favorite Portland developer is Anyeley Hallova, who makes real estate development a tool for social justice, equity, community service, and ecology, all while making a profit for her investors. Now she's actually written a book for kids to explain how she does it. akidsco.com/products/a-k...
Quick Take Real estate development is all around you—learn about how it impacts you, your community, and the world! For Ages 5+ What's Inside What do you know about real estate development? If your an...
Yesterday I rode the Portland Aerial Tram at sunrise to take some potential photos for my book. This is a shot from the upper tram terminal at Oregon Health & Science University, looking east toward Mt. Hood.
A perfect album from when I was 21? Easy.
Yesterday I went to the top of Portland’s KOIN Tower with the city’s most venerable TV anchorman, Jeff Gianola, so soon after the 6pm news that still had his makeup on.
