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Featured Stories
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A Letter to My Daughter on her 5th Birthday
25 January 2013 1:00 PM | 1 CommentI can’t believe you are five years old. I can’t believe how much has happened in the past 12 months. Amelia, you are becoming a really sweet and thoughtful little...
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Doing it Myself
15 July 2011 3:27 PM | 1 CommentNot so long ago Laura and I were doing laundry just like any other week. As usual, there was too much to do and not enough time. We filled the...
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Graduation Day at Faubion Elementary School’s Bike Club
24 May 2011 8:28 AM | No Comments(Note: This was originally published on the Community Cycling Center’s blog here.) The Spring session of Bike Club at Faubion Elementary wrapped up with 100% graduation rate. Twelve kids completed...
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Another Year
23 May 2011 11:01 PM | 3 CommentsAs I reflect over the past year on this, the eve of my 34th birthday, it feels as though little has changed. On the surface, it hasn’t. Laura is still...
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Riding With Faubion Elementary School’s Bike Club
03 May 2011 3:57 PM | No Comments(Note: This was originally published on the Community Cycling Center’s blog here.) Last October, I began volunteering with Community Cycling Center’s Bike Club at Faubion Elementary in Northeast Portland. Twice...
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Family Archive
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A Letter to My Daughter on her 5th Birthday
Posted on January 25, 2013 | 1 CommentI can’t believe you are five years old. I can’t believe how much has happened in the past 12 months. Amelia, you are becoming a really sweet and thoughtful little... -
A Letter to My Daughter on her 4th Birthday
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsYou are 4. Four years old. It’s been a long year and we’ve asked a lot of you. We asked you to leave your home and leave behind your best... -
Doing it Myself
Posted on July 15, 2011 | 1 CommentNot so long ago Laura and I were doing laundry just like any other week. As usual, there was too much to do and not enough time. We filled the... -
Another Year
Posted on May 23, 2011 | 3 CommentsAs I reflect over the past year on this, the eve of my 34th birthday, it feels as though little has changed. On the surface, it hasn’t. Laura is still... -
A Letter to My Daughter on Her 3rd Birthday
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 10 CommentsYou were supposed to be born around February 2nd. So January 25th started just like any other day, except that your mom and I slept incredibly well. For the last... -
Hunting for Purpose
Posted on January 20, 2011 | No CommentsHunting never set well with me. I was never comfortable firing a gun. To me, a gun and the consequence of its use are more power than any single individual... -
We’re Due
Posted on October 14, 2010 | No CommentsI’m pretty sure it was the weekend of my 10th birthday. We’d driven for hours, packed in the family car like the Griswolds. When we pulled into the parking lot... -
Coming Out Day
Posted on October 8, 2010 | No CommentsMonday is National Coming Out Day. A dear friend asked if I thought Harvey Milk was right about coming out. Is it a responsibility? My initial answer wasn’t enough, and... -
I Ride For. . .
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsSeven years ago my mom was diagnosed with cancer. It was detected late. So late in fact, the tumor was wrapped around one of her kidneys and killing it. Doctors... -
Heroes for My Daughter: The Black Panther Party
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No CommentsFounded in 1966 by Huey Newton, and Texan Bobby Seale, in Oakland, California, the Black Panther Party (BPP) represented an angry voice calling for an end to police brutality in...










