What a glorious day! I managed to get up rearly enough to sit on the screened breezeway and have my black currant tea and a half-bagel with cream cheese and lox spread. I rocked in the rocking chair and meditated on the plantings I will put in to make my little garden space inviting. It’s not big — maybe 15 X 15 feet. I’ve already bought some ground cover and ordered some plants.
I’m the only one up. The sun is shining, a comforting breeze is wafting through the screen. It’s serene.
And I will post about another Serenity soon, in hopes of getting even more of my Albany friends to join me.

Well, he’s not a boy any more, but he’s still my boy, and he’s still got clout on the Portland OR political scene, even though his popular former blog is static.
This is what Oregon Live, the online extension of The Oregonian newspaper, just had to say about b!X’s current blog and postings:
For the politically minded, it’s a great time to be online, if only because there’s something for everyone. The biggest blogosphere news of the past few months is the return of Christopher Frankonis, otherwise known as The One True b!X. His original Web site is dormant, and he’s not yet doing the kind of shoe-leather reporting that made him a famed figure in the halls of Portland government. (Can he resist for long? We hope not.)
But b!X is back weighing in on a regular basis on the day’s big events (www.furiousnads.com). And that’s good news for anybody who enjoys a lively debate.
He also is “that which does not surrender.” (See quote in sidebar.)
That’s my boy!