“Um, excuse me, do you have any extra concert tickets?” “No, sorry.” The young family clearly wished they could help. “That’s OK. Hi there, do you have any extra tickets?” Before you judge me and my friend Colleen for panhandling for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy tickets outside the Oregon Zoo here in Portland this afternoon, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'entertainment'
Panhandling At The Oregon Zoo
August 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Oregon, entertainment
Tags: Big Voodoo daddy·Director Park·entitlement·Oregon Zoo·Street Roots·Violetta
Making Peace With Not Pleasing Everyone
April 23rd, 2011 · 6 Comments · entertainment, global warming and climate change, relationships
“I am communicating with a certain number of people, and if my music is too dark or in your face for some, or not glossy enough for mass appeal, I’m glad.” That’s a quote from Richard Thompson, one of my favorite musical artists. Substitute the word ‘writing’ for ‘music’, and I feel I could say [...]
Tags: Richard Thompson
Big Joy On My 50th Birthday
November 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · community, entertainment, relationships
When have you felt the most joyful and . . . . . complete in your life? For me it was this last Saturday night, November 13th, after I finished performing with “my” rock band at my 50th birthday party. I’d danced with my friends to about half the songs, and sung on the other [...]
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High Happiness, Low Carbon Footprint
October 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · energy, entertainment, global warming and climate change, nature
I am flawed in oh so many ways. I am impatient, intense, I don’t write to my invalid mother as frequently as I should, and while I no longer binge on Haagen Dazs ice cream, my sweet tooth is such that my husband terms my coffee a vehicle for sugar. In my favor, though, I [...]
My Favorite Summer Entertainment
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · entertainment
“Pause — are they the things on the dog’s feet?” Mahamudi asked me last night. We were doing our twice-weekly reading lesson here at my house. He arrived in the U.S. from Somalia three years ago. Now he is 14, and like his parents, he never learned to read or write in his native language. [...]
