by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 11, 2010 | Adventure, Communication, Life, Writing
Since finding out about the Social Isolation Project three days ago, I am having the students in my comm theory and media analysis courses muse on their takes of the subject (on the earlier blog post on this subject). In addition, I have received the go-ahead to write...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 9, 2010 | Communication, Culture, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories
Called the Public Isolation Project, a woman is living alone in a glass room, located at bside6 in downtown Portland, Oregon. The woman, Cristin Norine, will be physically isolated from others for a full month, communicating with the outside world only via the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 8, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, School Days
My friend Kelly had extra tickets to the pumpkin patch and corn maze at Kruger farms on Sauvie Island a day before Halloween, and I just had to take her up on her offer. Taking the time to go on adventures with kids is so important to me. It means you put aside your...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 28, 2010 | Communication, Culture, Faith, Life
Students are invited to “spit their best Jesus poem,” at tonight’s Poetry Slam being held at Portland State University. The audience judges the event with applause and the winner takes home $ 300. Campus Crusade for Christ is sponsoring the free community event,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 17, 2010 | Culture, Faith, Gratitude, Life, Outreach
In an Associated press article found in my Thursday Oct. 14, 2010 Oregonian newspaper, the individual stories of each of the 33 miners rescued after 69 days in a Chilean mine were shared along with a snap shot photo of each of the men. These particular stories of the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 15, 2010 | Adventure, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I finished it, but looking at my time, it seemed like I barely finished. I just did not get close to my goal. In fact, my finish time was 15 minutes slower than my first Portland Marathon, which was 11 years ago, and 45 minutes slower than last year. At first I...
