Larger than life
A pair of mating crane flies hangs from a leaf above Mill Creek just south of The Dalles Insects are wonderful fun to photograph, and a summer creek is a great place to find them. I was standing on the bank when these two crane flies flew by, landing on ...
My tabloid adventure
I know what the New York Post was thinking during its badly-handled Boston Marathon bombing coverage, because I've worked for a New York City tabloid.
Are Millennials feminists?
Never fear, feminists. The Millennials are behind you. We just prefer to skip the label..
Slide through the movie doldrums
Looking for something to slide through the movie doldrums? Try some “Butter” Last time I wrote here, I despaired the movie doldrums that had me wandering into an ill-advised showing of “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” Well, I learned my lesson and decided my next movie outing would be in the comfort ...
Are you becoming a turtle?
I feel as if, day by day, inch by inch, I am turning into one of the turtle people. You know us. Our natural habitat is the landscape of six-by-six cubicles in any given office building. We sit, round-shouldered in our little enclosures, hour after hour, our necks slowly recessing ...
Don't let stress derail your diet
If we've been anywhere near a television, newspaper, radio or town crier in the past decade, most of us know at least a little bit about stress. It's that modern-day plague that can play a contributing role in everything from deadly heart disease, to insomnia, headaches, low sex drive, irritable ...
Rock and Bruce can't save the Joes
I was frankly surprised to hear that “GI Joe Retaliation” was tops at the box office last week, but I guess I shouldn't be. We are in the terrible doldrums of post-Oscars, pre-summer blockbuster season. Finding a really good movie is a quest akin to Diogenes looking for an honest ...
Let the characters tell their story and get out of the way
Many newspaper people tend to cringe a little bit at the idea of writing phenomena stories. You know the ones: psychic experiences, faith healing, extraterrestrials, Bigfoot. The unexplainable or the unproven. Whether you write for the New York Times or a small-town daily newspaper, you need to have a certain ...
Great shot! Spring buzzes into The Dalles
Buzz into spring on a macro scale with local photographer Jason Hinkle, and join the photographic conversation by sharing your work.
Black and white and red all over
http://thedalleschronicle.www.clients.ellingtoncms.com/users/photos/2013/mar/23/3175/ My first dozen or so years working in newspaper were spent capturing black and white images; color was a rare thing, not often printed on the web press. That changed within a year of my coming to The Dalles Chronicle in 1997, as digital technology reduced the cost of ...
Perfection isn't such a perfect idea
Expecting perfection isn't the best way to lose weight.
Millennials and Marriage
Millennials aren't anti-marriage, they're anti-divorce.
Spring parking attendant
http://thedalleschronicle.www.clients.ellingtoncms.com/users/photos/2013/mar/13/3032/ Spring has been showing itself for some time now: pussy willows are flowering on Dalles Mountain Road and along area creeks, tree buds are swelling and robins are back in town. Even a few hummingbirds have been spotted. Yet the most concrete evidence of warming temperatures is the reappearance ...
Return to Emerald City
When I was a young child of 5 or 6 one of the great annual television events of my life -- and those of many other children my age -- was the return of "The Wizard of Oz." It was an event with a capital "E." and why not? After ...
Budget Thrills
If you're into competition on a budget, mower racing is a great place to start. Those ubiquitous machines that help us keep the yard looking good can be turned into a low cost hobby compared to most other motor sports. With classes for juniors and adults and stockers to fully ...
Nothing's missing from "A Good Day to Die Hard"
"A Good Day to Die Hard" delivers on action and Mickey Rourke on DVD as "The Wrester" is a powerful performance.
'I wish I could be a Republican'
There are simple things the GOP can do to improve its chances at winning young voters.
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