It Gets Better
Two of my favorite videos in the series targeted to miserable teenagers (are there any not-miserable teenagers?) at risk for suicide:President ObamaOregon Shakespeare Festival actors and companyIt does...
View ArticlePoint - Counterpoint on Homelessness in the Beaverton School District
I was very glad to read in Sunday's Oregonian a guest column analysis of a "PolitiFact"article titled "Beaverton distorts homeless roll call". The PolitiFact report assessed whether the Beaverton...
View ArticleMerry Christmas - Hector Lopez is home!
KOIN is reporting Hector Lopez, the former Rex Putnam High School senior class president who was deported to Mexico, has been released from jail in Arizona in time to spend Christmas with his family in...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Speech in Tucson, 1/12/11
Following is a text of President Obama’s prepared address on Wednesday to honor those killed and wounded in a shooting on Jan. 8, as released by the White House, 1/12/11. To the families of those we've...
View ArticleInvitation to join my NAMI Walk Team
On Sunday May 22, instead of spending our anniversary weekend out of town with my sweet spouse (by then, of 29 years), I will be participating in the annual fundraiser for NAMI, the National Alliance...
View ArticleVote on Facebook for Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp funding (closed 5/26/11)
Received in my work In-box today (with minor edits in posting here):"My name is Sarah Doty; I'm a 19 year old student at the University of Oregon. I am contacting you because I am trying to reach out...
View ArticleCampaign Web Sites Up!
In my past two candidacies running for election to the Portland City Council in 2006 and 2008, I was working part-time in inpatient psychiatric nursing at OHSU, and fitting in campaign events between...
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Golden Country
Poor quality camera-phone shot, but you get the idea.My husband and I both took Friday off work to spend some quality time together over the weekend. One of the treats he gave me was attending the REO...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary, OHSU Nurses!
It was ten years ago today, December 17, 2001, when 1300 of the 1500 Registered Nurses working at OHSU walked out on strike. With the support and guidance of the Oregon Nurses Association, particularly...
View ArticleLooking for Commissioner Amanda Fritz's re-election site?
Go to http://www.amanda2012.com, please!
View ArticleThe Amanda Fritz home blog is back! Starting with a tribute to the great...
Thanks to Fairy Blogmother Lynn Siprelle, this site is cleared of evil comment spam and ready for constructive use again. Some topics are not appropriate for my official City Commissioner site, such as...
View ArticleUncle Sam's prayer at Steve's Celebration of Life
Steve and I relished the fact that our children have a real life Uncle Sam. His parents, Edward and Emily, are Salvation Army officers, so naturally they chose Biblical names for their three sons -...
View ArticleNacho Week at the Oregonian
So glad it's college football season!I see the Oregonian also says it's Nacho Week. So, time to bring a reprise of my recipe from 2007 back up to the top of the blog.As if anyone is still following...
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