The kiddo and I walked over to the post office today, the stroller weighed down with packages of goodies to send to the raffle prize winners. (That stroller is a pack mule. I’m going to be rather sad when the…

On Sunday we packed the kid, a cooler full of leftovers, and some sunblock into the car and headed to Sauvie Island. We reached the bridge in about ten minutes, then spent about fifteen minutes driving the winding roads to…

Well, we made it. The raffle is over. You can head on over to the prize page to see who won what. Thanks to you, we raised enough money to buy seven laptops for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project! Thank…

This is it, folks. The raffle to benefit the Afghan Women’s Writing Project ends tonight. At 10pm PST, I’ll be using a random number generator to choose the winners. Prizes include signed books by Junot Diaz, Susan Choi, and Ernesto…

Susan Ito, a fellow volunteer writing instructor for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, has generously donated the final item into the raffle prize basket: a beautiful quilt, made by her mother. You want this quilt? Each $10 you donate earns…

A few weeks ago, or maybe it was a month ago now, Billy and the kid and I were hanging out in a neighbor’s yard, beside this beautiful gnarled old saucer magnolia. The kid wanted to sit in the tree,…

By request of the project’s founder, Masha Hamilton, the raffle has been extended. You now have until 10pm PST, Friday, July 17th to donate and get a chance to win one of these fantastic prizes. Remember, each $10 donated earns…

We had a perfect Portland day on Saturday. First, we went blueberry picking on Sauvie Island. Then we went to the Multnomah County Bike Fair: Unicyle jousting. Tall-bike jousting. (Confession: I have a thing for tall bikes. I have no…

Anita Amirrezvani has donated a signed hardcover edition of her novel, The Blood of Flowers. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee has donated signed copies of three of her books: Free-Range Knitter, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off, and At Knit’s End. Check out the full…