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Astorianna Sez: What, no LUBA?
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007. What, no LUBA? Maybe there really is a tooth fairy. Because about now, maybe that's all that can save us from the Astoria City Council (who wants to let in view-blocking condos on Astoria's waterfront in a major good-old-boy coup) and the Clatsop. County Planning Commission (who wants to let LNG onto the Columbia River despite common sense and their own staff's recommendations against it). Don't know the answer to that one, except that perhaps a recall is in order. Oh, just...
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Astorianna Sez: An Affront to the Waterfront
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Saturday, April 5, 2008. An Affront to the Waterfront. I noticed the following article in The Daily Astorian on Friday, and it really struck a nerve. I thought the good ol' boyz (and girls) in town handed Jon Englund a slam-dunk for his "you owe it to me" 4-story grab of Astoria's waterfront view. But it never dawned on me that even tho the view got sold down (or up) the river by the locals, that there might be a court of appeal. Apparently there is. April 4, 2008. Corps seeks comments on Englund plan.
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Astorianna Sez: Blown Away
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Saturday, September 29, 2007. Today I had the misguided notion that vending for a visiting cruise ship on the dock at the good old Port of Astoria at the Never on Sunday Market, part of the Astoria Sunday Market, would be a grand idea. The next time I get an idea involving the port and cruise ships I will slap myself. Right around noon, the wind suddenly freshened. About 10 minutes later, it hit about 20 knots in gusts. Another 10 minutes later, it was 20 knots normally, and 40 knots in gusts. I don't kn...
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Astorianna Sez: DeLaura Who?
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008. No, I'm not making this up. I was astounded. I had to go to the computer, dredge up a map of the property and show her. Which made me wonder how many more people there are out there in Clatsop County who have no clue what a treasure this piece of land is, and how important it is that it remain as public land. Just take a look:. Selling one of Clatsop County's legacies to the highest bidder is totally unacceptable. Posted by Elleda Wilson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Astorianna Sez: Eggsactly
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. Tonight I was cooking sig-other an egg and sausage omelet, and started thinking about eggs, of all things. How simple, how elegantly shaped, how potentially tasty. I made two loaves of bread twice a week with the yolks, and meringues with the whites, and every cheap egg concoction the Fanny Farmer Cookbook could come up with. Now there are those silly ad for eggs that are supposedly better than other eggs. I mean, what? Do their chickens have platinum butts or something?
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Astorianna Sez: Hospital Dazed
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Saturday, September 8, 2007. This rube has had enough. I'm too busy tending to sig-other to keep up the dialogue the original post caused. Now that the VA doc has run off to Seaside, I don't know what the options are. And right now, I'm too tired to care. Posted by Elleda Wilson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Astoria, Oregon, United States. View my complete profile. Non Sequiturs and Exquisite Nonsense. What, no LUBA? Labor Day Ruminations on Ruination.
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Astorianna Sez: Go Fly a Kite
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Thursday, August 9, 2007. Go Fly a Kite. When I was little, I don't even remember learning how to swim. I've seen photos of me at about one year old on my belly at the tide line just splashing and grinning. They are here visiting, and at 3 years old, my granddaughter is old enough to really absorb the sights and sounds she's experiencing here. We took her up to Long Beach, and my daughter-in-law had a sudden urge to fly a kite. Lovely idea, so we went and bought one. We opened the car doors, ...Since the...
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Astorianna Sez: Labor Day Ruminations on Ruination
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Monday, September 3, 2007. Labor Day Ruminations on Ruination. Just as summer was tentatively getting under way with balmy summer days, it's over. That's if you're like most people, including me, who consider Labor Day to be the pre. Solstice official start of Fall. When I was a kid, Labor Day was the day we got our town back. The fife and drum corps would march up and down the streets merrily fifing. On the islands, they had no running water, no electricity, and their outhouses dumped directly into the ...
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Astorianna Sez: Regotcha
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Saturday, August 11, 2007. Ah, the Astoria Regatta. Normally a fun kinda thing, lots going on, parade, etc. A few years ago the center of it all was that little stretch of Duane by the Moose Club. I had my vending tent there, as did several others, and we covered both sides of Duane. The parade marched. Right by, so close you could touch them. My granddaughter was only one at the time, and she was in her stroller just inside the tent, her eyes agog. Bomb threat be damned, we all set out this morning to s...
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Astorianna Sez: Gone But Not Forgotten
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Friday, August 3, 2007. Gone But Not Forgotten. Today, as I was hanging around in one of my favorite watering holes here in Astoria, the topic of the World Trade Center came up. My pal remembered that the last time he'd seen it, it was in the process of being built. That was the last time I saw it, too. I was on the Staten Island Ferry, doing the cheapo/best tour of New York once again that afternoon. I really wanted to see the building when it was completed, and go up to the top to see the spectacular v...
