Concert for Big Red
August 22-24
by Dinah Urell

Is it a reunion or will it be a communion of psychedelic wonder all over again? read more >>

Referendum 4-131: What's This Vote All About?
Referendum 4 -131 is sponsored by the Columbia River Business Alliance, Columbia River Keeper and Northwest Property Rights Coalition.

Answer: A “no” vote would maintain existing county zoning law prohibiting pipelines in areas designated “Open Space, Parks and Recreation” zones. read more >>

Solar Heating is HOT!
Oregon coast homesteaders install do-it-yourself solar hot water
by Brian Schultz

Five minutes ago will mark the approximately one hundredth time in the last two weeks I’ve reported the progress of our newly installed solar hot water heating system. read more >>

Q&A with Portland Novelist Eowyn Wood
Her 2007 award-winning novel Naked in the Rain covers an unconventionally daring topic, with a newly completed sequel soon to follow.
by Jean Ann Van Krevelen

Eowyn Wood’s first novel is a dark look at two boys, struggling to find themselves, desperate for love and confused as hell about it. read more >>

The Pursuit of Happiness
by Michael Burgess

My friend, who lives on the internet and keeps a sharp eye on things, just reported this: recent advances in brain-mapping show if pleasure is the goal, it’s better to give than to receive. read more >>