From stevenl at Olyblog: Blogs (and such) by date. All from the weird days that stretched between Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 19. Coincidentally, it was also the start of Lakefair week. Starts out with me on Monday, July 15 and a white powdery substance was found in a state office in Tumwater. Cops…
Month: July 2013
Which creek contains Kurt Cobain’s ashes? (Certainly wasn’t Mima Creek)
Update: Well, based on a comment from Edward Echtle (@Tenalquot) earlier this morning, it turns out it is McLane Creek. Couldn’t be anywhere else. The reason is Courtney Love still owns a place out on Delphi Road that contains a significant portion of the creek. And, from the history of the property on Redfin, the…
Towards Cascadian Food (Cascadia exists #3)
Some people are thinking about what food makes Cascadia: The northwest corner of the USA/southwest corner of Canada region has a lot of wonderful food and drink but it’s difficult for people outside this region to articulate what the region’s food and drink actually are. Many simply don’t know. The term “Pacific Northwest” doesn’t mean…
Cascadia’s Appalachian Roots (Cascadia Exists Post #2)
Hey, Kari, you don’t know how right you are: Appalachia in Oregon. Of course, he’s making the point that rural counties in Oregon are doing so poorly, they risk becoming like poor and poorly governed communities in Appalachia. The funny thing is though, that these Cascadian communities share a heritage with our Appalachian cousins. In…
Remembering Northern Oregon’s Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1852 Daniel Bigelow stood up at an Independence Day gathering in Olympia and gave a speech that would spur a division in what was then the massive Oregon Territory. While Bigelow’s speech doesn’t mention a split with the Willamette Valley dominated southern portion of the territory, the speech is rife with references of…
All things about Dixie (Olyblogosphere for July 1, 2013)
1. Local play performed, written by locals, about John Brown, who fought Dixie. 2. Joe Illing writes about his time in Dixie learning to be a soldier back in the day. My favorite part: The “private” nightclubs of Charleston, Augusta and the other cities I visited helped to pass the time. They were private only in the sense that…