Adventure with Kids – Summer 2010 – Week 2- Boy Camp Camp Meriwether
My seven-year old and I drove my twins and my husband to Boy Scout Camp this week at Camp Meriwether near Tillamoook, Oregon on the coast. My husband is an assistant scout master and the twins are First Class rank. They spent a week there on an adventure of hiking,...
Adventure With Kids – Summer 2010 – Week 1 – Powell Butte Nature Park
Last year I started a tradition, a way of being intentional regarding adventure with my children. A way to make sure we get out and experience the area, to take in the outdoors together, to explore new territory, to get away from the neon lights of electronic toys....
Gathering Blue Ribbon Stories
During a good-bye party at Pastor Dale and Linda Ebel’s for a Bible study member who is leaving for Germany with her family, I met a gentleman who said he had been reading my story of the Police/Red and Black situation, and told me that it inspired him to a particular...
Police Welcome at this Red & Black Cafe
There is a Red & Black Cafe in Middletown, Connecticut. It is a different type of cafe than the Red and Black Cafe in Portland, Oregon. The Red & Black Cafe in Middletown, Connecticut makes it clear that they serve all people. They have sadly received some...
Rolling Hills Writers Connection Monthly Meeting – Thursday June 17
And here we are again - our monthly Writers Connection Meeting is this Thursday June 17 at 7 pm in the East Atrium. This is our first meeting since we have been under the Arts ministry at Rolling Hills. We will be inspired by The Word and the words of others. We will...
Red and Black and Blue: In need of dialogue on police relations – Guest Column in June 14 Oregonian
My guest column, a follow up reflection on the interesting national conversation that my original blog post, "Where's a Police Officer to Get a Cup of Coffee?" http://www.corneliaseigneur.com/where%e2%80%99s-a-portland-police-officer-to-get-a-cup-of-coffee/ has...
Someone dressed as Police Officer goes to Red and Black. . . and other tales as the story continues
There have been so many interesting developments and comments and ideas over the past 10 days that my original post, “Where’s a police officer to get a cup of coffee?” went viral. It is amazing the power of the pen in sharing a story. And people are running with it....
Why I went to the Red and Black in the first place
During an interview this past week regarding my blog post, "Where's a Police Officer to get a cup of Coffee?" I was asked whether I knew what the red and black stood for before going there for lunch Tuesday May 18 with my daughter. I had briefly gone to their...
Matt Mikalatos, a Vancouver-based Christian author, creates ‘Imaginary Jesus’ – My Oregonian newspaper story
(Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian, O! Sunday section, June 6, 2010 Oregonian O! Story on Matt Mikalatos) (Photo: Arkasha Stevenson, The Oregonian)(Photo: Matt Mikalatos, author of “Imaginary Jesus,” has his hands (and shoulders) full with...
Blue Ribbon Campaign — Police Deserve a Cup of Coffee – (Keep It positive) Facebook Page
In my attempt to keep things positive, I have launched a “Blue Ribbon Campaign-Police Deserve a Cup of Coffee” on Facebook and would like to see if we can get 5,000 people to join by Monday. Launching this on Facebook makes sense, since . . .
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