Ofrendas, Marigolds & Sugar Skulls :Street Prophets
(All photos ©BlueJessamine.) An Ofrenda. Ofendas are an essential part of the Day of the Dead celebrations. The word ofrenda means offering in Spanish.The Corvallis Art Center's latest exhibit...
View ArticleOregon voter turnout was 69.5 percent, and Democrats won BIG
Oregon has mail-in voting, no serious efforts at voter disenfranchisement, and an engaged populace. Here's the big one: Out of the 2.2 million registered voters in Oregon, 69.5 percent, or 1,519,804,...
View ArticleHeads up, friends of Sara R - Her Birthday is tomorrow
peregrine kate is hosting a virtual party and everybody is invited tomorrow Sunday afternoon - 5:00 PM Eastern time (so 4:00 Midwestern, 3:00 Mountain, and 2:00 Catnip Manor Time). Don't run out and...
View ArticleA November Country Lane Photo Essay
(All photos ©BlueJessamine.)The world's pretty crazy out there. Holidays can be stressful, so a few photos.
View ArticleGift Wrapper or Gift Bagger?
©BlueJessamine.Are you a wrapping paper person or a gift bag type person?I personally enjoy wrapping each gift. There are times when a bag is handy. Say for a nice bottle of French wine?
View ArticleUpdate: Goal Reached! Thank you so much
I did not plan on coming to the dailykos community, pockets out turned and hat in hand to ask for your help. With a little planning, I thought, I could easily navigate this situation with the right...
View ArticleKoscadia Meet Up, Dec. 28, with special guests navajo and Ojibwa
Potluck! We are meeting betwixt holidays at my house in Portland on Sunday, December 28. Come at 2pm for mingling before a pipe ceremony, conducted by Ojibwa, around 3pm. Quilts shall be blessed!...
View ArticleKoscadia 1/31 meet up
WHEN: Saturday, 1/31, 1pm WHERE: Siri Thai, 5234 SE Powell Blvd., Portland, OR 97206 WHO: We hope you! Please let me know in the comments if you can come -- or send me a Kos Mail. Attending 1. Sara...
View Article1/30/15 Koscadia Meet Up Photos
Clockwise from front, War4Sale (back of head), Sheila, slampros, watercarrier4diogenes, llbear, ozsea1, loggersbrat, quill, pdxteacher We had a lovely meal together yesterday. The mood was a bit...
View ArticleOregon Legislature Steals Ball Then Drops It
After Jackson County banned the open cultivation of genetically engineered crops and three other counties moved forward on similar bans, the Oregon legislature passed 863 which preempted local...
View ArticleMy Statement re: HB2307 Conversion Therapy Ban in the State of Oregon
I am a mess at the moment, but this is vitally important to me. I have been getting very little sleep, and too much exercise and rain while without shelter. I'm in Salem today after biking down...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: DK VA Hospital Service Project
DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips....
View ArticleCommunity Quilt for Mother Emanuel AME Church continues . . .
The sisters Reed, Ann and Sara, last night posted their first diary to create a Community Quilt for Mother Emanuel AME Church. They are asking donations of $20 for each comment to be included.The...
View ArticleKoscadia Meet Up on Saturday, 7/18 at the Portland Mercado
Portland MercadoIn the hope that the recent punishing heat wave is over, let's plan to get together! On Saturday, July 18, let's meet at the Portland Mercado at 1pm.More below the orange squiggle....
View ArticleSo, About That Cascadia Article
Shakemap Scenario for a hypothetical M9 quake off of the Pacific Northwest Wow, has the internet lost its everloving shit over this (very excellent) New Yorker article.
View ArticleA Deserving Community Member (and Good Guy) Could Use a Helping Hand
How does one prepare for life's many surprises around the corner? It is virtually impossible to do so. Most of us spends years, perhaps even decades in search of two rather elusive goals:...
View ArticleInexplicable support for Bernie.
July 29 - Where's your Bernie party? That was the original title of this diary. Then I started digging and I invite you to do the same. If you do, I'll include your finding if you do.Within 100 miles...
View ArticleACTION PLAN for Portland: Support Bernie
Once was stunning for Black Lives Matter. TWICE against the same candidate but no other candidates? That stinks. Black Lives Matter appears to me to be operating under a false flag. Whose water are...
View ArticleOR-SEN: I Am Running Against Ron Wyden
Currently, I am a City Councilor in Medford, Oregon, where I live with my wife and daughter. I am a veteran that served for 9+ years in the Navy on submarines.I believe that income equality is the...
View ArticleYou Pay How Much in Rent?!?!?!?!
A bit about myself before I launch into what could be a rather contentious (I hope that it is more thought-provoking than contentious) group of issues that seem to be tied together in rather an...
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