Afterword / Writing

We took advantage of the long weekend and did something we’ve been wanting to do since moving to Oregon over a decade ago: visit the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

Combined a little work and pleasure today and took some photos in and around the courthouse.

As usual, we spent easter at my in-laws’ house in Kalama.

Sunrise from Timberline Lodge on Mt.

It was a busy week full of social events and soccer.

We piled into the van and headed to Joseph, Oregon for a long weekend in a cabin on Wallowa Lake.

Yesterday we headed over to the coast for the day, which we hadn’t done yet this year.

I saw this and had to pull over.

I spoke to the man on the bike once he got to the top of the hill.

It’s the prey drive.

We went to the zoo with QB’s mom and the kids—early in the day before temps rose to nearly 100°.

We spent the middle of the week cabin camping with some good friends.

A mule on Penny's parents' property.

Our friend, who officiated our wedding, is in town from the Bay Area.

The Oregonian podcast _Beat Check_ recently shared an episode titled "A Perilous Moment for Portland Mass Transit" in which it highlighted the growing crisis facing TriMet, Portland's regional transit agency, as it grapples with declining ridership, finan…

Some photos of train travel between San Jose and Sacramento.

Some photos of my trip to the Bay Area.

In 2017, after about a decade in the affordable housing and community development industry, my career took a turn and I landed in a position as a long range planner in the Portland region.

For decades, planners have envisioned small, pedestrian-friendly commercial hubs within residential neighborhoods.

I joined a MeetUp group for urban walkers.

Dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Kofstad’s.