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October 26. Day 26 of My Month of Hundreds. Five years ago I had another amazing adventure and helped a local pastor start a free health clinic for uninsured adults in North Portland. Through the generous support of the community and our volunteers we’ve been able to provide services to thousands of neighborhood residents. A […]
Continue Reading →October 25th. Day 25 of My Month of Hundreds. It was a kind of strange day today. The Sunday Oregonian article brought a lot of attention and traffic to the blog and I found myself having a mini anxiety attack. I loved all the comments on the article, and was very moved by people sharing […]
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En route, SFO to PDX. Day 24 of My Month of Hundreds. The weather was terrible driving to the airport from the coast this morning. Torrential rain kept up a steady beat on the roof and the water ran in rushing rivulets along the side of the road. Every so often Neysa would reach over to […]
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Dillon Beach, California. Day 23 of My Month of Hundreds. The day is socked in with fog, and the sky and water come together at the horizon in a gray blur. My friend Neysa’s grandfather and uncles built this amazing house in the 1960’s and the family uses it for weekend and vacation getaways. She […]
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I was unable to post yesterday but it wasn’t for lack of trying. We are at a friend’s beach house near Bodega Bay and I drove around in the foggy dark last night looking for an unsecured internet connection to upload my post. A few houses had lights on, and I could see people inside […]
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Day 21 of my Month of Hundreds. San Francisco, USA. Our business meeting today included a “poverty simulation”, during which everyone was assigned a role and had to proceed through a simulated month. I was a young mother with two teenage children. My husband had just walked out on us and I had no jobs, skills […]
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Day 20 of my Month of Hundreds. Counting down now. I’m not liking that; I really don’t want this month to end. Over the last 20 days I’ve definitely refined my process and gotten more efficient in selecting the day’s recipient once I decide to do the deed. It’s a little hard to describe what […]
Continue Reading →A reporter interested in my Month of Hundreds tagged along as I rode the MAX out to the airport for my trip to San Francisco. I tried to go about business as usual but was a little self-conscious. A photographer came along as well and he was lurking politely in the distance. I got on […]
Continue Reading →I’m heading out of town tomorrow for a few days and have been a little preoccupied with how I’m going to do with my giveaways. In a different city and culture, will I still be able to follow my instincts? Granted, it’s not like I’m going to Djibouti, but San Francisco is a different world. […]
Continue Reading →October 17th. My 17th hundred. Halloween decorations peppering the neighborhood remind me how soon the month will be over. Already I can say that this process has been a success. I am changed – more aware, more open hearted, and in general more generous.  I have heard from others that they have been inspired, and […]
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