by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 6, 2010 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Community, Writing
I will be participating in the Willamette Writers Writers Faire Tuesday Dec. 7 at 7 pm at the Old Church in Downtown Portland. This is the first time I have done this event. It will be fun to see all of the Willamette Writers published authors’ books on...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 20, 2010 | Communication, Community, Culture, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Portland
The story I penned for The Oregonian on Cristin Norine and Josh Elliot’s Social Isolation Project is the cover of today’s How We Live section. It never grows old seeing stories I have written published in the paper. The link is...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 18, 2010 | Children, Community, Community Service, Culture, Kids, Life, Live the Questions
Barry S. Childs of West Linn received the 2010 Purpose Prize for his work through Africa Bridge, a nonprofit organization he founded in 2000 to assist children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable children in rural Tanzania. Childs, along with nine other Purpose...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 15, 2010 | Communication, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Life, Slowing Down
Hundreds Singing Handel’s Hallelujah chorus at Macy’s for a Random Act of Culture! My friend Mary just sent me the link for this rendition of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus on You Tube — The Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 12, 2010 | Adventure, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Moms
At 11:30 Wednesday night, while my son and I were watching the movie Apollo 13, the telephone startled us from the couch. My mind starting racing — My twins were at a retreat with the church youth group, my son and daughter away at college. The phone call...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 4, 2010 | Children, Community, Community Service, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website
For Darren Gulbrandson, who founded Mentor Athletics in 2003, youth sports are always about more than winning the game. They are also about developing relationships and life skills. Gulbrandson, 35, says he usually gets at least one call a day from the boys who...
