I’m a dictator when it comes to decorating our Christmas tree. Blame my mother.
As free-wheeling and independent as she was in most aspects of her life, Joanie had rules and regulations aplenty this time of year. The most rigid of all was this edict: big ornaments on the bottom of the tree, smaller ones at the top. Read More
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Portland’s robust recycle and reuse ethos is stronger than I thought. But the competition for customers may be getting out of hand, judging from this scene:
A sign in a vacant lot on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard advertises potted Christmas trees. I see some as I drive past. Next to the trees are stacks of mattresses. Christmas trees and mattresses are visually incongruous items, so I head back for a closer look. Read More
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