Fun run and hurt toe

Somehow last week I hurt my left big toe. I don't know if it's when I tripped on a pipe at the Silverton Hospital Fun Run, or when Violet teetered my toer. She was on the teeter-toter and I was pushing it up and down with my foot underneath it. She got crazy and smooshed my foot -- she thought it was hilarious.

So for the last week or so I have been hobbling around on a hurt toe. I had it X-rayed and I have four chunks of bone floating around in there -- so I'm not sure what they are going to do.

Anyway, I will be updating this as stories get posted.

Hope you all had a good May!

Ahoy there!

So the Home & Lifestyle magazine for The Columbian was posted on line when I was on vacation. I did a story on the Nautical Renaissance that takes place in Illwaco, Wa.

Very fun story.

More community award stories

In total I have written eight stories for the Stayton Mail about the community award winners.

All great people and I had a blast doing these before leaving for vacation.

Dinah Potter: Woman of the Year

RayHeuberger: Sublimity First Citizen

Bill Martinak: Stayton Man of the Year

Stayton Community Awards

I have been working on a number of artilces, eight to be exact, for the Stayton Mail based on the community awards they have. Each person gets selected by a group of community members and then the recipients are honored at a banquet April 26.

So I have three weeks to get profiles done on the eight folks. The scheduling is the hardest part of the stories.

Here is the first one on Santiam Vision Source.

This week I have four more stories in the works, so I should be updating on a weekly basis for a bit.

Pat

Recycle

For the Statesman Journal's Senior Life section I wrote a story near Valentine's Day about this couple who had been together, well, forever.

Their anniversary is this month, so the SJ re-ran the story in the Life section. Hey, I got a byline so it's all good.

Now I just need a copy of the March 30 SJ.

Another feature story I enjoyed

Verl Holden is a great guy and very knowledgable about plants and life.

I got quite the education out there this weekend. Thanks Verl!

I took the photo too -- the photos didn't really turn out all that hot, they fixed them. :)


Silverton Appeal version

Stayton Mail version

Pat

Another Silverton Hospital story

I really should be on that staff at Silverton Hospital for all the press I have given them the last two weeks. :)

Anyway, I got to do a story about a cosmetic surgeon -- the first one I have ever met. She was very interesting and it was nice to get to hang out with her.

Here is the story.


Pat

Family Birth Center

Last week I got to play with babies!

This was a very fun story and I loved talking with the new parents. Silverton Hospital has a wonderful birth center -- Cindy and I are talking about checking it out. We love our current doctor, however, so I think we might be staying with what we know.

Anyway, here is the story:

Silverton Appeal

Woodburn Tulip Festival time

If any of you are looking to make a trip to Oregon... make sure you come later this month when the Tulip Festival is going on about 10 miles down the road from my house.

I try to get out there every year -- during the week to miss the monster crowds -- and it's always a lot of fun. This year will be great because I have Violet and seeing her get covered in mud from head to toe should be an adventure in itself!

Anyway, I wrote an article about the festival for Oregon.com, you can find it here.

Hope all is well.

Pat

New project for Oregon.com

This last month Oregon.com work has really picked up. Enough to where I am thinking about backing off the Statesman Journal work.

That way I would have more news and tourist stories, and slowly move away from advertorial work.

Anyway, here is the link to the new blog. If it's approved it should be pretty fun.

What Happens in Oregon...

Hope all is well with you.

Pat