Category Archives: Responses

Profile Response: Tyler Termeer, Executive Director Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR

A positive HIV test changes a person’s life. Too often for the worse. But sometimes it’s a wake-up call to action that has tremendous positive effect. Tyler Termeer was a college junior studying stagecraft when his HIV diagnosis compelled him … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Gerhardt Quast, Portland OR

  We often debate the influence of nature versus nurture in childhood development. But how do the adult forces that act upon us shape middle-aged lives? I know several men whose careers were cut short in their fifties, leaving them … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Mike Riscica, Portland, OR

  Mike Riscica lives in top floor of the Biltmore, a classic early twentieth century apartment block in the Alphabet Soup area of Portland; an appropriate place for a young architect. Within minutes of my arrival, Mike grabbed a Car-2-Go … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 172 – Los Osos, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA

October 24, 2015 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 21 Miles to Date: 8,925 States to Date: 25 When you have an unavoidable day of administration work to set up travel plans for Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, it’s lucky … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “I try to live in today. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is not here yet. I try to be in the moment. It’s like Christ and the cross. Christ was crucified between two liars. Today is … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Dennis Perry, Wayerhaeuser, Longview, WA

Weyerhaeuser signs are all over Washington’s western forests, dating when the company harvests and replants forests. There are other signs of the giant company as well – huge mills, billowing smokestacks, rows and rows of workers’ housing near the two-mile … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Cory Wright, UPS, DuPont, WA

It’s satisfying and reassuring to meet with someone who confirms expectations. When Corey Wright explained how four separate UPS distribution facilities in Portland OR were reengineered to process 100,000 packages an hour and how the Worldwide Distribution hub in Louisville, … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Teresa Winslow, DuPont Learning Center, DuPont, WA

  “We want Utopia on earth, and we start by shaping that here.” Teresa Winslow has worked in child care for 37 years, from teenage aid to center director. She is keenly aware of the challenges of providing high quality … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Kim and Eddie Feeley, Seattle, WA

I have met many couples on my trip. Fresh couples, aged couples, heterosexual and same-sex couples, legally married couples and couples living together, first-time couples and couples on their second third, even fourth round. Although being a couple presents many … Continue reading

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Profile Response: The Addict who came to Dinner, Seattle, WA

Houses along Lake Washington in Northeast Seattle offer little to the street – a double garage door, a well-lit front door, perhaps a window or two. The homes’ solid public faces convey a message of affluence, security, and comfort. For … Continue reading

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