Kate Dyer-Seeley  

here are many things I love about Luke’s budding Spanish.  I particularly enjoy listening to him babble in a string of Spanish syllables in the tub each night.  He won’t perform on command, and who can blame him?  But, when he thinks we’re not listening his little “r’s” really roll.  More than anything I appreciate that his [...]

t’s hard to believe but preseason hoop season has already begun. I’m still in the throes of college football as my Ducks are steadily climbing the charts.  No jinx here, believe me I’ve been a fan for way too long.  I know there’s still plenty of time left for something to go awry, especially as [...]

ummer vacation officially ended this morning.  Gone are lazy mornings lounging in bed reading Ramona Quimby adventures and leisurely afternoons spent swaying in the hammock underneath our peanut butter tree.  Gone is the smell of our neighbor’s bar-b-qued shrimp wafting over the fence and sunscreen lathered skin.  Summer days that melt into each other are [...]

Batter Up to Battle Alzheimer\’s Luke had a jammed-packed celebrity schedule last week.  It began with his KGW debut and ended with throwing out the first pitch at PGE Park on Friday night.  Not an average week for a five-year-old and now I’m beginning to wonder if it might be going to his head.  In fairness [...]

packed stadium, the smell of fresh cut grass and grilling hot dogs…nothing’s better on a summer evening then kicking back with a cold beer and watching your local team knock one out the park.  Come July here in P-town it will be better because while you’re taking in a game you can support a [...]

ose Festival season in Portland historically guarantees one thing:  rain.  It never seems to fail that the moment Ferris wheels and cotton candy machines are wheeled into downtown the rain begins and continues throughout the Festival’s parades and garden tours.  Knowing this soggy fact I thought nothing of participating in the Starlight Run when I [...]

urrent thought in Alzheimer’s research is “What’s good for the heart is good for the brain.”  Researchers and neuroscientists have focused on the benefits of consuming a Mediterranean diet and how food from this region my help enhance brain health.  Last week board members and guests of the Alzheimer’s Association here in Oregon were able to [...]