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For our first ever Creative Images Adventure club (CIA) we decided to go wine tasting! What’s a good way to hang out on friendly terms with the same people that you’ve spent the last 40 hours of your week with? Drunk, of course.

This can only mean one thing, that’s right, I’m 30,000 feet above sea level on a flight going from Portland, Oregon to Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas. This, as all small things recently, got me thinking about why I have this craving for Ginger Ale. Stripped of Google for the next 2 hours since the only wireless [...]

The first time I heard the shortened p-town lingo was when I lived in Eugene what seems now like ten years ago. P-town means Portland. Portland, Oregon is the place with the space for all beings from outer space. I love visiting Portland. I don’t know much about the city or yet about the state [...]

I’ve been trying to get around to posting this blog for six days now. We took lots of photos and had lots of fun on my only official full day off this month so far. Before you start weeping for me, let me add that Easter Sunday may also yield a second day off for me this month.

Roseburg has experienced little to no rain this year and it’s been quite a blessing for most of the area. This time of year we are normally in the middle of 45 days without sun, lots of rain, and cold and dreary conditions all around. We decided that the mid 70’s temperatures were too much to handle yesterday.