I went to the other dental office today, that is handling the overflow of the office where my dentist works.  My dentist is quitting her job in about a week at that office.  Maybe I mentioned that.  They don't know when, they told me, they'll be able to hire another. This other office is incredibly busy.  I waited an h

The Kiwanis Clubs of Corvallis, Sunrisers and noon club, had a great Wednesday morning putting Ki

Events 03-05-2014Kiwanis Club of Corvallis Noon Club Weekly meeting

When I was young and still seeking adventure, I went to Alaska to work.  My memory is dull on exactly how many times I made the trip.  I worked various places---at a fish processing plant, at a restaurant, beer joint called the Mini-mall, whose owner advertised for workers in the OSU student newspaper, which is how I foun

Campus Crest is now a reality sometime soon to bless our community with more affordable housing

Last Sunday The Corvallis Country Club was host to Wedding Show Weekend. Although the weather o

My friend, the director of Poppa Inc, whose spay neuter mission is now closed, still runs a sanctuary for the unwanted cats she calls Odd Cat Out, under Poppa's old banner. OCO is low on funds and badly needs people who will step forward to sponsor cats.  OCO is paired with at least two adoption groups now, who are helpin

Events 03-04-2014Corvallis Chamber of Commerce Greeters / Independe

A decision is

Is Corvallis Ready for 'Fiscal Restraint in Govern

Discussion Facilitated by Ricardo Small

Events 03-02-2014

I rented Gravity, on Amazon, as a birthday present. I was horrified, almost immediately, by how bad a movie this was that I'd just shelled out $3.99 to watch. Number one, the movie begins with Sandra Bullock working away on the Hubble while George Clooney is acting like a 12 year old, bouncing around the exterior of the s

Events 03-03-2014 Local Contract

My birthday.  Today. I won't say how old I am, only that I'm pretty close to six decades on this earth. One foot in the grave.  Teetering. But I've been teetering a long time. I've had a long hard lonely life. Today will be no different. It's hard to stay sane when alone all the time, hard to remain focused forward o

Today is February 21, 2014. Thirty days of winter to go and I canno

Happy Linus Pauling Day!  Today marks the 113th anniversary of Pauling’s birth and, as has become tradition here at the Pauling Blog, we celebrate with an announcement: the recipient of the 2014 Linus Pauling Legacy Award is Dr. Zia Mian. A physicist by training, Mian follows in the Pauling tradition through his deep

Wednesday the Pulse of the Valley 2014 was held at LaSells Stewart C

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Events 03-01-2014

Monday evening at the Corvallis School Board meetin

Well, there's nothing like a good can of bright paint to cheer me up.  And I've needed some happy face cheer in my life lately. Number one: I'm bored, losing my self-appointed mission in life as I did last June, when Poppa closed its spay neuter mission.  I need to get on top of figuring out how to raise funds, to keep t

Events 02-28-2014 Oregon State U

Along with the uptrend in prices of pretty much everything on earth, including that for electricity, city water service, almonds, to name one food item, and gas for my aging car, I hear a report that says the price of coffee is about to sky rocket. I don't care if the price of cows' milk rises and I guess it is.  Doesn't

Events 02-27-2014

Over the weekend there was much ado about books in

Collaboration Corvallis  Steering Committee Meeting  March 19, 2014  

Cougie was right back to drooling with her tongue out.  It's been only two weeks since her teeth were cleaned and the worst one pulled.  At that time, the vet said she would likely need them all pulled.  I just didn't know it would be so soon. Got my upload usb cable working again, by cleaning the severely corroded inn

Last Saturday was the first sunny day in quite a wh

Corvallis will soon have several locations opening as sites for medi

Steve Redman, the managing principal broker for Windermere Valley Real Estate has announced his c

Corvallis may be in the depths of Winter but the changing of the seasons has virtually no impact

From John Steinbeck in his book, East of Eden:   "Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man.  It happens to nearly everyone.  You can feel it growing or preparing like a fuse burning toward dynamite.  It is a feeling in the stomach, a delight of the nerves, of the forearms.  The skin tastes the air, a

Corvallis City Council in the eyes of many citizens

Cloudy is dead.  It happened suddenly, this morning. Cloudy was the youngest male from the colony. This morning, I clean litter boxes in the second bedroom, he's peaking out at me, from under the bed.  He's shy but playful.   He lets, or did let, me pet him. An hour later, I was drinking coffee, morning chores done,

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Celebration time.  For now Electra's hardy nature has overcome the greater difficulties associated with ancient life to conquer pneumonia. Last night, she hopped down out of her sick bay cozy, and wandered the house, took a whack at the ever annoying Peeman Sam, reclaimed her coveted pillow on the window shelf, watched o