Words

I’m usually image based, but occasionally I do some writing.

Made in Dagenham

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Once in awhile I’m able to get to the monthly “Movies & Meaning’s”  event.  So in January I watched Made in Dagenham with the group, and discussed the film over a beer afterward.  A surprisingly well made film that told the story of Rita O’Grady becoming the initially unwilling leader of a group of women [...]

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Wreck of the Emily G. Reed now on YouTube

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The Oregon Coast is a ship graveyard, from the New Carissa (1999) to the Beeswax Wreck (>1800′s). As a child I enjoyed visiting the wreck of the Peter Iredale, just south of the Columbia River at Ft. Stevens. (1906). So when the news reported that the wreck of the Emily G. Reed had been uncovered [...]

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iMovie ’11

Somehow Apple has snuck iMovie ’11 out without much fanfare. I just read a review in Online Video , and was happy to see the addition of  audio waveforms (and better audio editing) and a wizard for “trailers” has been added. This is part of the iLife ’11, and also includes a new version of [...]

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The Hub

“A Resource Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Journalism” I stumbled across this website this morning. (Through the Media Shift Lab, actually.) I’m interested – and involved – in community media from a number of directions. As the Media Director for the Center for Intercultural Organizing implementing a capital grant for a media program I’m interested [...]

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SBHC

A few years ago I wound up with a fun little project with the Oregon School Based Healthcare Network, taping a number of stories from youth (and a few adults) about the importance and need for School Based Health Care. The stories are moving, it was great to see the energy of the youth at [...]

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Orcas Island and Hummingbirds…

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Some pictures from my mini-vacation on Orcas Island.(Click on the image to see the slide show!)

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Film Review: Ich war neunzehn

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Or, in English, I was Nineteen. (1968) A film by Konrad Wolf Some morning when it is raining and I don’t have a dozen tasks waiting,  I’ll write about this film – Konrad Wolf’s autobiographical tale as a German ex-pat returning with the Soviet Army to “finish off” the Nazis. He was nineteen at the [...]

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Film Review: A Taste of Cherry

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I love foreign films.  I was hooked by the Clinton Street Theatre in 1970′s, just about the only place in Portland you could see such fare back then. Of, course, since then, VHS, DVDs, BlueRay and the Internet plus a host of local independent theatres have come (and in some cases, gone…) A Taste of [...]

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Book Review: The Imperial Cruise

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Currently Reading: The Imperial Cruise A Secret history of Empire and War James Bradley Fascinating – but repetitive.  Lots of Teddy Roosevelt bashing, too much, even though it appears it is well deserved. It will take me a while to formulate my feelings about this book.

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Welcome

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Welcome to my new site. I’ve switched over to the Thesis Theme with the latest WordPress install. Decided to do a whole new install – easier than trying to navigate upgrading to MySQL 5.0 in 1and1. Some day soon I’ll create a technical page about this site to talk about the infrastructure, themes, plug ins [...]

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