Some critics aren’t doing their job in regards to Disney’s new Pixar film The Good Dinosaur. They’re misreading the film and, because of it, may cause audiences to miss a truly heartfelt, cinematic treasure–one of the best kid movie fables in years. The first step in ‘reading’ a film — i.e. determining the intent or […]
Archives for November 2015
Open Letter to the Cannon Beach Fire Department
To the Cannon Beach Fire Department Board of Directors, I wanted to write you a letter to tell you that, while I don’t necessarily know “why” you fired Mike Balzar, I simply cannot understand the “how.” I originally met Mike and two of his daughters Kellye and Krysti, playing on a co-ed softball team […]
Women Talk Forest
I have been following with deep concern the proposed logging of the “Homesteader Tract” in the Buster Creek Basin of Clatsop County. I would like to believe that Oregon Department of Forestry has some sense of the value of these older forests whose fate they hold in their hands. [Read More]
November Flood
After the flood, the salmon cut
the Wilson River, high and colored up.
Dawn’s dictionary of local-isms and geek speak
Baby Boomerang: An adult kid that moves back in to live with ma and pa…happening a lot these days. Dumb Phone: What I have. The opposite of a “smart phone” which is what distracts a lot of people. Feral Female: Untamed and definitely undomesticated wild woman…watch out, there are a lot of ’em around here […]