February 17, 2011
President Obama in Portland
Air Force 1 will be ariving at the airbase near Portland International Airport about 10:00 am on Friday, Feb 18th, 2011. President Obama will then helicopter across our fair city to the Intel plant in Hillsboro, Oregon. Hillsboro has been called the Silicon Forest due to the large number of computer processing industries in the area.
December 31, 2010
Oregon Gas Prices
Oregon Gasoline prices will increase by 6 cents per gallon on January 1, 2011. I’m filling up my vehicle today!!!
Oregon’s gas prices are already some of the highest in the nation because we have mandatory attendants filling up our gas tanks. In fact, it is against the law (or so I have heard) to insert or remove the gas nozzle from your own vehicle.
February 4, 2009
Oregon Statehood Stamp
Oregon Statehood Stamp 1859-2009
Oregon’s new 42-cent commemorative stamp was available for sale beginning Jan. 14, 2009 — exactly one month before the state’s sesquicentennial. An official First Day of Issue ceremony celebrating the stamp’s release took place in Portland. The new stamp is also available throughout Oregon at all of its Post Offices on Jan. 14th, 2009. Beaverton artist Gregory Manchess’ oil painting depicts the rugged Oregon coastline in the design used for the stamp.
October 23, 2008
Where to Start???
Hello readers! In this weblog, I’ll be sharing some thoughts on personal growth as well as some interesting tidbits. Welcome Aboard!!!
The way my blog is set up, with the exception of this post, the most recent entries are at the top . One way to access the older entries is to click on a particular month in the Archives section. There are some interesting stories in there, so be sure to take a look! You may click on a category in the box to your right and it will bring up all posts in that category — for example- recipes or swifts. Or… you may type a topic in the search box and that will bring up any post related to that topic — such as skin care. For additional hints please read the page on “How to use this weblog” page at the bottom right column.
To see the beautiful video trailer for my book, TIE ONE ON, go to the TIE ONE ON Purchase page (to your right) or click on this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oc6LXT7qZo&feature=player_embedded.
TIE ONE ON may also be ordered by going to www.teal-books.com.
And so, readers, I welcome you to Portland Firefly and I look forward to your comments. If you do write a comment, be sure that you click on “submit” to send it to me. I must approve all comments before they appear on the blog, so it is possible for you to send me a personal note stating that you don’t wish it to be made public.
Now, “Buckle your seatbelts for takeoff!!!”
September 21, 2008
Farm Lands
I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles and led a fairly urban life except for our camping vacations every summer. Anyway, my favorite high school date was born in Nebraska. On a farm. “On a farm!” I replied, “do they still have farms?” The answer was “Yes, of course, where do you think your food comes from?” Me: “It comes from the grocery store!” He: “and where does the store get it from?” Very naive me: “On the trucks from the store warehouse!” Needless to say, he set me straight about where my food really comes from.
I tell this story, because something interesting occurred to me today on the way to church. As I looked over to my right I could enjoy the symmetry of a newly cleared field — this just a few blocks from my home. The area south and west of me is largely beautiful, fertile, Oregon land with many vineyards interspersed among the produce farms. It was then I realized that for the entire time that I lived in the Midwest, I lived near farmland– so near that I had farm dust in my houses… no matter which mid-western state I lived in.
For a young girl who thought that farms were obsolete, I have spent most of my life making up for that mistake by dusting rich delicious farm dust off my tables and vacuuming it up from my carpets and floors!
