Looking Back: Margaret Olley Was Still Painting at 80 Plus

Looking back: Margaret Olley was still painting at 80 plus
"The age of innocence is gone and families are not such a strong unit anymore, everyone is more self-reliant." Ms Olley is a recovering alcoholic and has faced many demons in her life … and survived … but the road has not been easy. "I'm a non … Read more on My Daily News

The Last of the Sad Bastards
Before Portlandia branded our city, Elliott Smith did the same—except his Portland was about self-loathing, set among the cracked sidewalks of Alameda. He told stories about addicts getting off the bus at …. His between-song banter (“I'm gonna get … Read more on Willamette Week

Mental health care suffers drought season
“The very thing that gives Kansans, Southwest Kansans, the ability to stay here — that stick-to-itiveness, that helping each other, that community sense, that attitude that we do it ourselves, we help other people, we pull ourselves up by our … Read more on Leader and Times