I don’t know about you guys, but for me, November hasn’t proven, historically, to be the happiest month of the year. The days get dark. That ‘look out the… Read more Vashon Island Getaway (or how to combat the winter blues) →
There was another mass shooting in the U.S. yesterday—14 dead and 17 wounded in San Bernardino, California—by a man and a woman, now also dead. But that’s not news. News is… Read more Thoughts on Living in the ‘Land of the Free’ →
Sometime in the last couple of years, I started hearing the word ‘maker’ used to describe people who…make things. I wasn’t sure what to make of ‘maker’. Why not ‘artist’?… Read more Inside Portland’s Maker Movement: A Conversation with Kelley Roy, Author of ‘Portland Made’ →
I’m a sucker for a beautiful voice. Musically speaking, I don’t care about light shows and theatrics and complicated chord progressions. What I crave are lyrics that sound like poetry… Read more On Seeing Hozier (and Choosing Our Experiences) →
For the last two and a half years, about half of my work week has been devoted to writing articles for a Canadian Magazine called Fine Lifestyles. It’s a group… Read more My Working Life (and a big change!) →
Last week I was feeling a bit anxious for a couple different reasons. And even though it’s never a good idea, I skipped my regular yoga class, which added to… Read more An Antidote to Anxiety →
A couple years ago, I saw a band I’d never heard of perform on Saturday Night Live that blew me away. The singer Brittany Howard’s voice and stage presence was… Read more Tonight in Portland: Alabama Shakes! →
Tomorrow morning Joe and I leave on a week-long mission to camp with friends in B.C., next to Lake Mahood at Well’s Gray Provincial Park. I’ve never been there, but the park’s site describes it as “a spectacular, pure wilderness area.” We’ll be camping four nights total, with two nights at my brother and his fiance’s home in Vancouver en route and back. This trip has been in the works for months. Everyone’s coordinated through a group facebook thread that has gotten increasingly more active in the last couple weeks as… Read more Goin’ Camping… →
Courtney Tait 