Nora Robertson

Check out Back Fence’s theme this time around—it’s Just Can’t Get Enough: Getting Stuffed and Being Stuffed, and yours truly contributed a story about being addicted to mentally recording moments, sort of an extreme take on remembering important things in life, aka writer’s disease as one friend said to me.   Though I think mostly the moments I notice are a sort of distraction from the depressing real stuff that might going on.  I wouldn’t know.  I’m too busy noticing the curtains.

Adrianne Young’s account of a acutely constipated kitten is also pretty amusing.

I interviewed Adam Arnold a couple years ago for a fashion column profile for PDX Magazine right before his color blindness collection and was struck by how complex his understanding of color perception was, of visual perception actually, and how informed his clothing was by these insights. Truly, wearable art. So I can’t wait to hear what story he has to tell now, and he’s only one of a great line-up. Must also mention that Jess Hecox, my darling friend and graphic designeress, had quite a bit to do with the poster…ain’t she grand?

Portland’s latest storytelling series, Back Fence PDX , kicks off this Thursday, June 19th with a theme that could only be described as hopeful: summer love. Storytellers include Alison Hallett of the Mercury. Intermission to showcase Pompina’s vintage swimwear, in which myself and a few other local girls will “model” the suits for you. Be there or be…you know the drill.