The best photo of my stack, courtesy of my sister, hve.

Photo map of Portland, Oregon shows targets (circled) of possible Russian nuke strike, 1955. Arrow indicates location of subterranean bunker to shelter city leaders. Read more at: SigUnander.com

About once a year, a snowstorm comes to Portland and everything goes to hell.

Today's podcast episode finishes up the four-part series on D.B. Cooper with a round-up of some of the theories about who the skyjacker might have been. Some of them are super wacky. WEB PAGE: offbeatoregon.com/1306d-db-coope… PODCAST VIA APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off…

They might even use this instrument to converse or send typed messages in their cars while driving. Such hazardous use seems unlikely, though. . .

Celebrating Women's History Month!

"We're not creating, we're capturing." - Garth Brooks

"The dusk of noon suffuses the jungle in the half-light of a hidden world where we live in gloom. . ." - Agnes Newton Keith, "White Man Returns"

"The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of a library" - Albert Eienstein

“We absolutely need to be pushing for those in the White House and DC to speak to the HUMAN artists and creators whose intellectual property are propping up this entire new industry - they MUST be included on the decisions that are being made.” change.org/p/artists-crea…

The OSS Society dedicated a memorial at Arlington last year honoring OSS personnel who were killed or missing in action. To honor them for #MemorialDay we will be posting their biographies this weekend. Gen. Donovan said they performed "some of the bravest acts of the war."

Featuring the work of four contemporary wildlife photographers, this exhibition highlights the beauty and wonder of bird species in the Pacific Northwest through 22 vibrant full-color images. On view through November 26. ohs.org/museum/exhibit…

June is national Bathroom Reading Month. Tolstoy, anyone?

HFM Newsletter- We want to see your photos! - mailchi.mp/77ce19bf9078/0…

"You Don't make music for immortality. You make music for the moment, for the sheer joy of being alive on planet earth. - Ray Manzarek

79 years ago today, Marine Thomas Underwood takes a much deserved sip of water from his canteen during the fighting on Saipan. 🪖 Underwood would survive the fighting on Saipan, but was killed in action on Iwo Jima. Colourised Piece of Jake on the colorization 🎨

Have Mic, Will Travel!

Happy birthday to, Julia Child! Did you know before she became America's favorite chef, Child was a spy? She worked for the OSS, the nation's WWII spy agency, where she collected and analyzed intel. One of her missions was to cook up a shark repellent to be used by the US Navy🦈

"The first draft of anything is sh*t." - Ernest Hermingway