Where I’ve been

I’ve been exploring my new home, Portland, OR and trying not to allow too much time to bring upon uncreative funkiness but it happens.  Been doing a ton of bike riding, which has kept my spirits up quite a bit, amazing to have such bikable weather into November.   Have discovered some great coffee [...]

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Atlin Arts and Music Festival

A few weeks back I had the chance to spend a hot week up in the Yukon and Northern B.C. For years I’ve been hearing from folks in Juneau about the Atlin Arts and Music Festival, but only now, a month from leaving Southeast Alaska for a few years, we got the chance to [...]

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Owls in Juneau

Imagine my excitement when I heard that the Michigan trio, Breathe Owl Breathe would be rolling through town as part of the Homeskillet Records Roadshow.   While BOB isn’t on the Homeskillet label, but rather independent and on Earthwork and take their name from on of Micah Middaugh’s dreams,
The name Breathe Owl Breathe came from a [...]

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Got Fur?

I’ve encounter determined book collectors hungrily seeking out “1st Editions” but have yet to hear of any after “Fur Editions”. Perhaps this is because Dave Eggars’ novelization of Sendak’s classic childhood anthem, Where the Wild Things Are will be the first such edition.
Due out in October, to coincide with the theatrical release of the [...]

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