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• Giving Tuesday was this week, but the time to give money, help and good deeds is year round. Duly noted of course is that … Continue reading
Year: 2020
School Lunch Reinvented
A new district program heads into uncharted territory with a goal to feed the kids of 4J schools
The return to school in the fall brings many memories, but eating school lunches is typically a memory we prefer to forget. However, the story … Continue reading
Teen Fiction
By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons by Amanda Sellet. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $ 17.99. I was a geek as a child and … Continue reading
Illustrated Inspiration
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. HarperOne, $22.99. Although this was published in 2019, we want to include it … Continue reading
Science Fiction
Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis. St. Martin’s Press, $27.95. Hugo Award finalist Lindsay Ellis is one of the sharpest media critics working today. Her YouTube … Continue reading
Not Trump
A Promised Land by Barack Obama. Crown Publishing, $45. A Promised Land reads like Barack Obama is speaking to you — in that unique way the … Continue reading
Destroying The Homeless
I camp under the bike bridge where Hwy 99 crosses over the railroad tracks at Roosevelt. I bagged up my belongings except a food box … Continue reading
Mystery and Suspense
Best Laid Plans by Gwen Florio. Severn House, $28.99. Nora Best is about to embark on a great adventure with her husband, traveling the country … Continue reading
Trumpery
Rage by Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster, $27.95. For all of the books out there on Trump, Bob Woodward’s reporting will most likely be the … Continue reading
Adult Soccer Drop-in at Civic Park
In 2015 Eugene’s historic wooden baseball venue, Civic Stadium, burned to the ground, and with it a piece of history. But by July 1 of … Continue reading