Checking back through my blog posts, I'm not finding much on the 50th anniversary of Portland's officially commemorating of the atomic bombing of two cities (authorized by some) and a commitment to healing from nuclear weapons woes more generally, with a focus on Hanford.
The poet Laurette of Washington grew up in Hanford and had a personal take on the whole scenario. She and her charming family were a welcome part of the well-designed program. Japan had a diplomatic presence. Native Americans had a foot print. Many said this was the best ever.
Polo gave the event continuity, as he has in other years, and singled out Carol Urner, my mother, for all the commitment she had demonstrated in helping get the event rolling 50 years before, the bombs having been dropped several years before that.
I'm sure I wrote about this someplace before, or did I only take pictures?
Portland is celebrating its 1st anniversary of Occupy this Saturday and I'm chauffeuring between events. The Willamette Quarter is also doing its thing, with AFSC putting its time into the Occupy side of things. I'll be driving for AFSC, and doing photography. Carol, my mom, is both speaking at the Occupy rally (lightning talk) and at the Meetinghouse (on a panel).
Lindsey has a map of the march route and is planning some performance art (trademark punky loud, somewhat on the rude and crude side though no worse than American Dad in that respect -- just went through Season Six I think it was).
