Greetings from Alison Wiley here in Portland, Oregon. I'm a writer/doer/thinker who lives happily by putting people, nature and God ahead of accumulating more stuff. Read more →
Are you wondering where to vacation this summer without fighting vast crowds of people, or spending an arm and a leg? I think you’d love the South Coast of Oregon. I recently spent one of the happiest weeks of my life there, and I’m smitten. Moonstruck. Head over heels. Like any person in love, I’ve got [...]
Tags: 1491·Alpha-Bit·Art Alley Grill·Bandon·Brookings·Coquille Indian Tribe·Face Rock Creamery·Harris Beach·Jack Lenox·Lone Ranch Beach·Mapleton·Nehomah Memorial·Revelle·Sea Star Guesthouse·Superfly·Thomas Creek Bridge
Tomorrow is Columbus Day, in honor of that explorer’s 1492 landing on the shore of what is now the Bahamas. We all studied history in high school — but did those textbooks have the benefit of recent research on North, Central and South American history? Celebrate Columbus Day by taking this short true-false quiz on the Americas that Columbus found more than [...]
Tags: 1491·Charles C. Mann·Charles Mann·Columbus Day·culture·Indians·Native Americans·Tenochtitlan
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