Mar 31, 2009 Posted by john

I Won’t Thank You For Following Me

The Twitter sphere1 is a strange place, admittedly, but it’s one that I find value in. Because of the idiosyncracies of that particular paradigm, I’ve become involved with Oregon Blogs, spoken at Ignite Portland #5, been a guest on Strange Love Live and become a part of The Portland Ten, not to mention meeting a large number of just really top notch and fabulous people, both here in Hood River... read more

Mar 30, 2009 Posted by john

Three Things Women Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Do

I realize that many of the truths that I hold dear, I got from my father. Most of these are ideals that I am proud of, like “treat everyone you meet as if they are your cousin, for they very well might be.” That meant a lot to me growing up- many of my cousins were more like brothers and sisters to me. Still, there are others that I’m possibly not so proud of. One is a very specific view... read more

Mar 16, 2009 Posted by john

On Moving Forward

I had some bad news this morning. Really bad news- or good news if I can pull myself away from the pain of it. Another member of my family moved to Otherside Camp. Interestingly, this passing comes with a lesson, at least for me. It’s a lesson that is directly applicable to my current desire to build something big and my current participation in an as-yet-not-openly-discussed program that I’ll... read more

Mar 5, 2009 Posted by john

In A Wordle: Glorious!

I’ve decided that every once in a while I’m going to build a Wordle cloud from my main RSS feed, just to see how my blog looks at a glance. I must say, I’m pretty happy with the first cut. “Stories” is the biggest word there, which makes sense to me, a story teller. I like that “feel,” “write,” “make,” and “humanity” are all so... read more

Mar 5, 2009 Posted by john

Script: Westside (of Hood River) Story

Act II LIGHTS come up on an office containing a single desk. Papers are scattered all over the office including on the desk, side table and floor. Sitting at the desk is a man. He is completely still and slouched in his chair as if trying to lay down. He has a blanket over his legs and is wearing a heavy wool sweater, scarf, vest, wool hat and wool fingerless gloves. He’s still shivering even though... read more