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Update to my “Who are we?” post: a local blogger coined a new term that relates neatly.

Across Europe, filthy, fetid camps hold African, Albanian, and Asian illegal immigrants. Italy is rounding up gypsies again. In South Africa, Zimbabweans and Mozambicans are hunted by mobs and burned alive. In the U.S. we criminalize and now imprison Latin … Continue reading →

It is a sad state of affairs when the passage through adolescence requires the loss of the humanizing ritual of mealtime. Let’s face it, the Slow Food movement, which tries not only to restore that ritual before it is gone … Continue reading →

I once heard an amateur field recording ornithologist mimic the song of a few tropical rain forest birds he had identified on various scientific expeditions. He was the late, great Ted Parker, and his passion for birds was such that … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned before how much I like being around designers and tech people. Their enthusiasm is infectious and their optimism seems of an appealingly innocent nature. So I really enjoyed BarCamp Portland, now in its second year. Here’s what I … Continue reading →