Topic: sunday morning

This weekend was church-filled, or at least I spent more time within churches this weekend than in the last, oh, ever. I went to mass Friday night and Sunday morning, and then to another church (but not for a service) Sunday afternoon. If someone would have told me that I'd be doing this on a regular basis six months ago--or even two months ago--I'd have laughed at them. But I went. I...

Oregon's heat wave seems to be ending--I can now sit here at the keyboard and no longer actually hear myself sweat. I forecast a low-pressure front of Daryl Cagle's round-up moving in over the region, changing to widely scattered Telnaes and Opus this afternoon and a 90% chance of Springer by this evening. And since political cartoonists didn't have time to do much with the John Edwards story...

Today promises to be hot, 102 degrees. We're going to Sand Point, Idaho for the Spokane Symphony's outdoor concert. We'll sit outside in our lawn chairs and hear Rachel and Nick play under the pine trees, hoping for a cooling breeze. Already, I'm starting to let go of Spokane. I won't miss its bumpety arterials and intense city driving. I will miss blue sky, hills, and a sense of...

The Beijing Olympics (George Bush in attendance) managed to suck the oxygen away from almost every other topic in the tooniverse this week, including fact that, after years of detention and torture, the US managed to land the conviction, on the lesser of two charges, of . . . wait for it . . . Osama bin Laden's driver. Expect next week's toon coverage to be all over John Edwards like fleas on a...

The 13th annual Providence Bridge Pedal on Sunday morning, August 10, will involve nine Willamette River bridges in Portland. The event includes three different cycle routes and one for walkers. As usual, the event will require some changes in how motorists get around the city, especially when crossing the Willamette River. Several bridges - including the Burnside, Morrison, and St. Johns -...