Go figure.

Christmas Cactus

We recently got this christmas cactus from Mom and Dad.  Planted in 1928, it was a gift from Winnie Edmunds, called "Grandma E." She was a neighbor of ours in Wilsonville, Oregon in the early 1970s.

Grandma E was the widow of Fred Edmunds, and they started Edmunds Roses. She has a rose named after her, a tea rose called rosa wini edmunds.  I remember seeing one up at Washington Park.  There is a photo of one (from San Jose) here.

The year this cactus was planted, Calvin Coolidge was the president.

Iris Hehn's Paint Job, Part 1

The Dictionary of American History

My pal Fritz Holznagel alerted to me to this delightful find online.

Here's a screenshot:

Fritz found his, then I searched for mine and got the above result.

Years ago we both wrote several entries for The Dictionary of American History, a ten-volume reference work published by Charles Scribner's Sons.  It was an interesting job, although toward then end things got a little crazy because the final edits were happening during the summer when we were in and out of town on vacation.

Anyway, up the street at the local county library they have a set.  I went in to see it one time, just to look up my own name.  It looked pretty official.

Now you can buy them, for petessakes, as if someone would pay up to $9 for an encyclopedia entry.

Self-indulgent Fun

Self-indulgent Fun, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

Performance Art, 2009 Version

If you can stomach the first couple of minutes, it gets good after he chokes up the first time.


He goes on with some bizarre metaphor that our nation has been at the "wrong party." 
Typically, in this metaphor it is NOT YOUR FAULT -- you were tricked into going to this party!
He longs for a "simpler" time, which presumably means when non-whites, non-straights,
non-cripples and non-males knew that staying quiet and unseen was a virtuous
and rewarding career.


And everyone had more cavities and the infant mortality rate was higher 
and you could put any old poison into the river any old time you wanted to 
and shoot someone in the belly if they crossed your property line
and punch them in the face if they were wearing a smile you didn't like.

Robot Stencil

Robot Stencil, originally uploaded by Paul Hehn.

By Iris.

Crying over spilled flour.

"After Hours" at Linfield College

"After Hours" at Linfield College, originally uploaded by lyle trial.

Lyle's postcard for an upcoming show with other McMenamins artists.

Amok MMW

Kooking with Kevin

Kevin makes a delicious frittata, using only peppers and garlic.

MMW 2009 Album

Here is the link to a Picasa gallery of photos from my trip to Lake Tahoe.