Tag Archives: Oregon

Book Review: Hillsboro

Posted on June 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

Hillsboro (Images Of America), by Kimberli Fitzgerald and Deborah Raber with the Hillsboro HIstoric Landmarks Advisory Committee As someone who lives at present just outside of the city boundaries of Hillsboro, it is striking to note just how small Hillsboro … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fort Stevens

Posted on June 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

Fort Stevens (Images Of America), by Susan L. Glen I happen to greatly fond of the Images of America, and as someone who has gone to Fort Stevens to watch civil war reenactments, there is a great deal of enjoyment … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Oregon State Penitentiary

Posted on May 26, 2019 by nathanalbright

Oregon State Penitentiary, by Diane L. Goeres-Gardner and John Ritter For whatever reason, my library has a large variety of interesting books that are mostly full of historical photographs along with captions and commentary in the Images of America series … Continue reading →

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Mowing Them Down

Posted on May 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

Last week I was the lead car on a drive to a place that some friends/relatives of mine had never visited, and as we were crossing the bridge into Washington a rather strange thing happened in that a wheelbarrow from … Continue reading →

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The Name Of The Wind

Posted on January 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

There are occasionally practical downsides to being an intellectual.  While driving home late tonight after having a wonderful time at a dinner party in rural Clackamas county with two other bachelors, I pondered the name of the wind that I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Walking With Romana

Posted on November 3, 2018 by nathanalbright

Walking With Ramona:  Exploring Beverly Cleary’s Portland, by Laura O. Foster My feelings about this book are highly ambivalent.  Like many children, I read a fair amount of Beverly Cleary’s novels when I was a child, even if I didn’t … Continue reading →

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A Hillsboro Squirrel

Posted on May 2, 2018 by nathanalbright

That conclave of people over there looks dangerous, methinks, and so perhaps it would be best to find a place with more cover so that they do not try to hunt me.  Perhaps you may think that a tree outside … Continue reading →

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Book Review: An Oregon Message

Posted on April 26, 2018 by nathanalbright

An Oregon Message, by William Stafford It seems somewhat strange in retrospect that Stafford would publish a book with a title of An Oregon Message and then be upset five years later that he was being labeled as a regional … Continue reading →

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Scene From A Sabbath Drive Past Multnomah Falls

Posted on April 15, 2018 by nathanalbright

Water rapidly rushes over the gorge under the approving gaze of the assembled travelers while the land slumps past the stumps of trees recently cut down over the road closed west to Bridal Veil. Nearby ashen mute moss-covered tree trunks … Continue reading →

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Book Review: GigaFlood

Posted on March 8, 2018 by nathanalbright

GigaFlood:  The Lake Missoula Flood In Northwest Oregon And Southwest Washington, by Rick Thompson This book is a sort of geological mystery, where the author discusses a massive Pleistocene flood and its effects on the land of the Pacific Northwest.  … Continue reading →

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