pollyanna's world

American elm at 1111 SW 10th Ave. was named Portland's first historic tree in 1973 We love our trees, oh yes we do.  We have a law t...

I've been around for a long time.  Not nearly as long as my mother nor my aunt of course, but you know...a fairly long time.  I'...

Marline, me, Richard, September 2018 No one leaves a high school reunion shrugging their shoulders, thinking, "Well, that's ove...

“It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away. People will forget”—and things like that when you are not...

  When my sweet Aunt Jenny died, the community where she lived held a memorial.  She had been making quilts since she was young--my gra...