Link to Owner Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr.

Jottings From Fifth and G: An authentic Hallmark movie

Jottings From Fifth and G: An authentic Hallmark movie

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I meant to stay only an hour to get an overview of the event. But I lost all sense of time and stayed to the very end.
Jottings from Fifth and G: Do you talk to yourself?

Jottings from Fifth and G: Do you talk to yourself?

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Be sure to ask good questions, answer honestly, and say good things about yourself.
Jottings from Fifth and G: Snow days on the hill

Jottings from Fifth and G: Snow days on the hill

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
How wonderful that some things don't change, because, after all, who can resist a hill, a sled and snow?
Jottings From Fifth and G: Holidays with the in-laws

Jottings From Fifth and G: Holidays with the in-laws

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The whole chaotic scene was in contrast to what I, as an only child, had grown up with, and what Harold, with four siblings, had always known.
Jottings: Unique gifts from you!

Jottings: Unique gifts from you!

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Mail it off to distant relatives. Send meaningful things, especially if monogrammed with their initials.
Jottings: Hold the meatballs!

Jottings: Hold the meatballs!

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Grosvenor Properties Ltd had invited us to the opening of Grosvenor Towers, a new, high-end residential building.
Jottings: A ghost lurking at Oswego Heritage House?

Jottings: A ghost lurking at Oswego Heritage House?

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Conjecture about whose ghost might be making him or herself known, in my mind, centers around two individuals.
Jottings: 1980s student exchange program was a success

Jottings: 1980s student exchange program was a success

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
A Wolverhampton lad arrives still visits Lake Oswego after participating in 1986 exchange program.
Jottings: Taking the time

Jottings: Taking the time

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I'm not the person to call for help with household repair. But I no longer consider myself an idiot.
Jottings: By the seat of her pants

Jottings: By the seat of her pants

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
It's not always the easiest route to success, but sometimes it gets you to your goal.
Jottings: Morning greetings

Jottings: Morning greetings

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The parade is diverse and continuous in the warm morning sun. It still starts my day with a smile.
Jottings: Celebrating a wedding from afar

Jottings: Celebrating a wedding from afar

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
At day's end, I felt I had celebrated from afar and shared in the love and happiness that I knew was present.
Jottings: Sharing my own wisdom

Jottings: Sharing my own wisdom

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I do have some wisdom to share. I focus on what I can do given my age and condition in life.
Jottings: The people we meet

Jottings: The people we meet

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The story behind how a little Mazda Miata was the catalyst for a 21-year-old friendship.
Jottings: A colorful new world

Jottings: A colorful new world

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Sometimes at the end of a long day it is my treat to watch children, men and women of all ages put on these 'sunglasses' and suddenly have their life…
Jottings: A lasting regret

Jottings: A lasting regret

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jeannie and I decided at the last minute not to climb aboard a bus or train, one of the two or three major regrets in my life.
Jottings: A good neighbor

Jottings: A good neighbor

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
It was a familiar insurance ad that best expressed my feelings, 'Like a good neighbor, _____ is there.'
Jottings: Being enough

Jottings: Being enough

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Mom was not the introspective type. But this question stopped her forward momentum.
Jottings: August agonies

Jottings: August agonies

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I am usually a 'glass-half-full' type person; but by the end of August, my glass is nearly empty.
Jottings: How to be a Superhost

Jottings: How to be a Superhost

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
With these practices or routines you will make life more enjoyable for your guest, and easier for yourself.
Jottings: The meaning of life

Jottings: The meaning of life

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Life may not have a plan, project, purpose or meaning. Life may not control anything, anyone let alone itself.
Jottings: My fascination with Türkiye

Jottings: My fascination with Türkiye

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
It's a melting pot of cultures and people combining western and eastern flavors.
Jottings: The sacredness of tears

Jottings: The sacredness of tears

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I cry easily these days. Involuntary tears will seep into the most banal present day moment.
Jottings: Puppy Love

Jottings: Puppy Love

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
He runs from place to place, searches the floor for any crumbs, checks the trash just in case.
Manage Investment Risk With Romano Capital

Manage Investment Risk With Romano Capital

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Suggested reading brought to you by Romano Capital - understanding private loans, risk and the values of Romano Capital
Jottings: Digging up a king and other adventures

Jottings: Digging up a king and other adventures

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Some friends listen to podcasts, some stream shows and others follow social media; I do these, but my passion is 'Massive Open Online Courses.'
Jottings: Old people need puppies (or kittens) for happy…

Jottings: Old people need puppies (or kittens) for happy…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The family who raised him up to ten weeks old did a great job. He is friendly, not afraid, in good health, active, with first shots behind him.
Jottings: Charging through life

Jottings: Charging through life

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
My new hearing aids are the latest to join the ever-growing family of chargables.
Jottings: A woman called Diane  

Jottings: A woman called Diane  

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Over the years, Diane and I, both only children, shored each other up in our chronic loneliness on many occasions. 
Jottings: Response to Jeanie Anderson's lyrics

Jottings: Response to Jeanie Anderson's lyrics

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
We will ask you to listen, for the answers you request. Giving you information you've not heard. You will hear the chorus of our unexpected wisdom in…

Jottings: I'm a book addict

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: I'm a book addict
In my circles, conversations rarely conclude without a query about what I'm reading or what's my latest book recommendation.

Lake Run Festival gears up for a fun time  

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Lake Run Festival gears up for a fun time  
Bring the family to enjoy all the fun the Lake Run Festival has to offer! Sponsored story brought to you by Northwest Housing Alternatives

Jottings: The silent vigil

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The silent vigil
The Rotary Club placed Peace Poles in our city around 2015. The poles stand in silent vigil reminding us to build good will and peace in the world.

Jottings: Why 'Country Roads' was my theme song…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Why 'Country Roads' was my theme song…
On April 3 Kim began her journey homeward. Her aging Honda CRV with over 300,000 miles was pulling a small U-Haul of belongings.

Jottings: Purple curls in the garden

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Purple curls in the garden
On the big sale day, the purple curly leaves shone in the lights as it sat on the table hoping for a new home.

Jottings: It's not about my fingernails

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: It's not about my fingernails
I was determined this year to find another nail salon more conveniently placed, after one more trip to Salem.

Jottings: Celebrating 30 years as an Oregonian

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Celebrating 30 years as an Oregonian
Still vivid in my mind is that beautiful spring day driving into town with a perfect view of Mt. Hood's majestic glory.

Youth Music Project – transforming lives through…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Youth Music Project – transforming lives through…
The West Linn based music education program helps students blossom while learning skills that they can apply to being successful later in life

Gracie, The World's Greatest Dog!

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Gracie, The World's Greatest Dog!
November 7, 2007 - March 2, 2022 - In a devastating blow to Lauren Corder, her family, friends, and the community at large, Gracie succumbed to her…

Jottings: The Power of Flowers

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The Power of Flowers
Flowers are that eternal and universal symbol that can mean so much more than words.

Jottings: Down the rabbit hole

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Down the rabbit hole
When I embraced a friend's perspective, the world was bigger than my to-do list and I was captured by the busy aliveness.

Jottings: Another Irish story

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Another Irish story
In mid-December I noted a 'panting' sound when starting my little hatchback, 'Fun,' on cold mornings.

Jottings: Blue Berets and White Jackets

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Blue Berets and White Jackets
Sorting through boxes of family photographs, I had found a packet of them saved by my mother.

Jottings: Lenten ideas for church dissident…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Lenten ideas for church dissident…
Lent is really about self-discipline of another kind: matters of spirit. The practice that benefitted me most I did a few years ago.

Jottings: February memories

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: February memories
I don't recall when I started my annual resurrection of these vintage declarations of love, but it was always a trip down memory lane.

Jottings: Vivid memories

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Vivid memories
But it was Friday, November 22, 1963, the 13th anniversary of her passing, that unsettles me even more.

Jottings: Gong Hei Fat Choy - Happy (Lunar) New…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Gong Hei Fat Choy - Happy (Lunar) New…
Those born in the Year of the Tiger are associated with courage, leadership, and confidence.

Jottings: The Immigration Trunk

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The Immigration Trunk
I imagine my Prussian great-great grandparents fitting their lives into the confines of the trunk in preparation for emigration to the United States.

Jottings: The movie

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The movie
This is another poem, she's afraid to read, contaminating sweetness, goodness, beauty, hope.

What's on deck at LO Parks and Rec?

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
What's on deck at LO Parks and Rec?
Class information is in the Parks & Recreation Activities Guide and online at www.loparks.org.

Jottings: Changing course

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Changing course
The pressure to find the right gift, to give the huge parties, to be sure I had the latest brand of children's shoe is over.

BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE: Dr. Myles Knutson -…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE: Dr. Myles Knutson -…
Suggested reading brought to you by Dr. Myles Knutson - Willamette Foot and Ankle - No small feat: Dr. Myles Knutson sets up shop in Lake Oswego

Jottings: Desk drawer bourbon balls

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Desk drawer bourbon balls
The last year I remember baking multiple Christmas cookies was 2012. That year, I decided to includebourbon balls.

Jottings: Four friends and a New Year's Eve

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Four friends and a New Year's Eve
I had just turned 69 and it had been many years since I'd been invited to a 'slumber party' but, knowing Helen, it would be a fun event so of course…

Jottings: Completing August Wilson's canon

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Completing August Wilson's canon
When did it start? When did I first become riveted with August Wilson? Possibly, a production of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' in San Francisco in the…

Jottings: First lesson in psychology

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: First lesson in psychology
One day, my dad was observing a manipulation by my play friend. He took me aside and had a suggestion.

Jottings: Sorrow of partings. Anticipation of…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Sorrow of partings. Anticipation of…
A special friendship will endure way past the borders of this life and will continue anew beyond.

Jottings: Ancestors

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Ancestors
I wonder if my ancestors are guiding me in some way and what it is they would want for me if they were guiding me. 

Jottings: Waterfalls at breakfast

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Waterfalls at breakfast
Until recent years, advertisements were aspirational and inspirational. Now, we are in what I call 'The Boo-Hoo Years.'

Jottings: Story traditions

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Story traditions
Wisps of childhood stories still peek occasionally from my subconscious, bringing a smile, a feeling of love.
Jottings From Fifth and G: An authentic Hallmark movie

Jottings From Fifth and G: An authentic Hallmark movie

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I meant to stay only an hour to get an overview of the event. But I lost all sense of time and stayed to the very end.
Jottings from Fifth and G: Do you talk to yourself?

Jottings from Fifth and G: Do you talk to yourself?

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Be sure to ask good questions, answer honestly, and say good things about yourself.
Jottings from Fifth and G: Snow days on the hill

Jottings from Fifth and G: Snow days on the hill

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
How wonderful that some things don't change, because, after all, who can resist a hill, a sled and snow?
Jottings From Fifth and G: Holidays with the in-laws

Jottings From Fifth and G: Holidays with the in-laws

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The whole chaotic scene was in contrast to what I, as an only child, had grown up with, and what Harold, with four siblings, had always known.
Jottings: Unique gifts from you!

Jottings: Unique gifts from you!

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Mail it off to distant relatives. Send meaningful things, especially if monogrammed with their initials.
Jottings: Hold the meatballs!

Jottings: Hold the meatballs!

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Grosvenor Properties Ltd had invited us to the opening of Grosvenor Towers, a new, high-end residential building.
Jottings: A ghost lurking at Oswego Heritage House?

Jottings: A ghost lurking at Oswego Heritage House?

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Conjecture about whose ghost might be making him or herself known, in my mind, centers around two individuals.
Jottings: 1980s student exchange program was a success

Jottings: 1980s student exchange program was a success

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
A Wolverhampton lad arrives still visits Lake Oswego after participating in 1986 exchange program.
Jottings: Taking the time

Jottings: Taking the time

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I'm not the person to call for help with household repair. But I no longer consider myself an idiot.
Jottings: By the seat of her pants

Jottings: By the seat of her pants

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
It's not always the easiest route to success, but sometimes it gets you to your goal.
Jottings: Morning greetings

Jottings: Morning greetings

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The parade is diverse and continuous in the warm morning sun. It still starts my day with a smile.
Jottings: Celebrating a wedding from afar

Jottings: Celebrating a wedding from afar

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
At day's end, I felt I had celebrated from afar and shared in the love and happiness that I knew was present.
Jottings: Sharing my own wisdom

Jottings: Sharing my own wisdom

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I do have some wisdom to share. I focus on what I can do given my age and condition in life.
Jottings: The people we meet

Jottings: The people we meet

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The story behind how a little Mazda Miata was the catalyst for a 21-year-old friendship.
Jottings: A colorful new world

Jottings: A colorful new world

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Sometimes at the end of a long day it is my treat to watch children, men and women of all ages put on these 'sunglasses' and suddenly have their life…
Jottings: A lasting regret

Jottings: A lasting regret

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jeannie and I decided at the last minute not to climb aboard a bus or train, one of the two or three major regrets in my life.
Jottings: A good neighbor

Jottings: A good neighbor

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
It was a familiar insurance ad that best expressed my feelings, 'Like a good neighbor, _____ is there.'
Jottings: Being enough

Jottings: Being enough

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Mom was not the introspective type. But this question stopped her forward momentum.
Jottings: August agonies

Jottings: August agonies

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I am usually a 'glass-half-full' type person; but by the end of August, my glass is nearly empty.
Jottings: How to be a Superhost

Jottings: How to be a Superhost

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
With these practices or routines you will make life more enjoyable for your guest, and easier for yourself.
Jottings: The meaning of life

Jottings: The meaning of life

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Life may not have a plan, project, purpose or meaning. Life may not control anything, anyone let alone itself.
Jottings: My fascination with Türkiye

Jottings: My fascination with Türkiye

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
It's a melting pot of cultures and people combining western and eastern flavors.
Jottings: The sacredness of tears

Jottings: The sacredness of tears

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
I cry easily these days. Involuntary tears will seep into the most banal present day moment.
Jottings: Puppy Love

Jottings: Puppy Love

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
He runs from place to place, searches the floor for any crumbs, checks the trash just in case.
Manage Investment Risk With Romano Capital

Manage Investment Risk With Romano Capital

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Suggested reading brought to you by Romano Capital - understanding private loans, risk and the values of Romano Capital
Jottings: Digging up a king and other adventures

Jottings: Digging up a king and other adventures

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Some friends listen to podcasts, some stream shows and others follow social media; I do these, but my passion is 'Massive Open Online Courses.'
Jottings: Old people need puppies (or kittens) for happy…

Jottings: Old people need puppies (or kittens) for happy…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
The family who raised him up to ten weeks old did a great job. He is friendly, not afraid, in good health, active, with first shots behind him.
Jottings: Charging through life

Jottings: Charging through life

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
My new hearing aids are the latest to join the ever-growing family of chargables.
Jottings: A woman called Diane  

Jottings: A woman called Diane  

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Over the years, Diane and I, both only children, shored each other up in our chronic loneliness on many occasions. 
Jottings: Response to Jeanie Anderson's lyrics

Jottings: Response to Jeanie Anderson's lyrics

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
We will ask you to listen, for the answers you request. Giving you information you've not heard. You will hear the chorus of our unexpected wisdom in…

Jottings: I'm a book addict

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: I'm a book addict
In my circles, conversations rarely conclude without a query about what I'm reading or what's my latest book recommendation.

Lake Run Festival gears up for a fun time  

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Lake Run Festival gears up for a fun time  
Bring the family to enjoy all the fun the Lake Run Festival has to offer! Sponsored story brought to you by Northwest Housing Alternatives

Jottings: The silent vigil

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The silent vigil
The Rotary Club placed Peace Poles in our city around 2015. The poles stand in silent vigil reminding us to build good will and peace in the world.

Jottings: Why 'Country Roads' was my theme song…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Why 'Country Roads' was my theme song…
On April 3 Kim began her journey homeward. Her aging Honda CRV with over 300,000 miles was pulling a small U-Haul of belongings.

Jottings: Purple curls in the garden

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Purple curls in the garden
On the big sale day, the purple curly leaves shone in the lights as it sat on the table hoping for a new home.

Jottings: It's not about my fingernails

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: It's not about my fingernails
I was determined this year to find another nail salon more conveniently placed, after one more trip to Salem.

Jottings: Celebrating 30 years as an Oregonian

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Celebrating 30 years as an Oregonian
Still vivid in my mind is that beautiful spring day driving into town with a perfect view of Mt. Hood's majestic glory.

Youth Music Project – transforming lives through…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Youth Music Project – transforming lives through…
The West Linn based music education program helps students blossom while learning skills that they can apply to being successful later in life

Gracie, The World's Greatest Dog!

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Gracie, The World's Greatest Dog!
November 7, 2007 - March 2, 2022 - In a devastating blow to Lauren Corder, her family, friends, and the community at large, Gracie succumbed to her…

Jottings: The Power of Flowers

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The Power of Flowers
Flowers are that eternal and universal symbol that can mean so much more than words.

Jottings: Down the rabbit hole

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Down the rabbit hole
When I embraced a friend's perspective, the world was bigger than my to-do list and I was captured by the busy aliveness.

Jottings: Another Irish story

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Another Irish story
In mid-December I noted a 'panting' sound when starting my little hatchback, 'Fun,' on cold mornings.

Jottings: Blue Berets and White Jackets

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Blue Berets and White Jackets
Sorting through boxes of family photographs, I had found a packet of them saved by my mother.

Jottings: Lenten ideas for church dissident…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Lenten ideas for church dissident…
Lent is really about self-discipline of another kind: matters of spirit. The practice that benefitted me most I did a few years ago.

Jottings: February memories

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: February memories
I don't recall when I started my annual resurrection of these vintage declarations of love, but it was always a trip down memory lane.

Jottings: Vivid memories

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Vivid memories
But it was Friday, November 22, 1963, the 13th anniversary of her passing, that unsettles me even more.

Jottings: Gong Hei Fat Choy - Happy (Lunar) New…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Gong Hei Fat Choy - Happy (Lunar) New…
Those born in the Year of the Tiger are associated with courage, leadership, and confidence.

Jottings: The Immigration Trunk

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The Immigration Trunk
I imagine my Prussian great-great grandparents fitting their lives into the confines of the trunk in preparation for emigration to the United States.

Jottings: The movie

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: The movie
This is another poem, she's afraid to read, contaminating sweetness, goodness, beauty, hope.

What's on deck at LO Parks and Rec?

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
What's on deck at LO Parks and Rec?
Class information is in the Parks & Recreation Activities Guide and online at www.loparks.org.

Jottings: Changing course

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Changing course
The pressure to find the right gift, to give the huge parties, to be sure I had the latest brand of children's shoe is over.

BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE: Dr. Myles Knutson -…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE: Dr. Myles Knutson -…
Suggested reading brought to you by Dr. Myles Knutson - Willamette Foot and Ankle - No small feat: Dr. Myles Knutson sets up shop in Lake Oswego

Jottings: Desk drawer bourbon balls

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Desk drawer bourbon balls
The last year I remember baking multiple Christmas cookies was 2012. That year, I decided to includebourbon balls.

Jottings: Four friends and a New Year's Eve

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Four friends and a New Year's Eve
I had just turned 69 and it had been many years since I'd been invited to a 'slumber party' but, knowing Helen, it would be a fun event so of course…

Jottings: Completing August Wilson's canon

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Completing August Wilson's canon
When did it start? When did I first become riveted with August Wilson? Possibly, a production of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' in San Francisco in the…

Jottings: First lesson in psychology

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: First lesson in psychology
One day, my dad was observing a manipulation by my play friend. He took me aside and had a suggestion.

Jottings: Sorrow of partings. Anticipation of…

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Sorrow of partings. Anticipation of…
A special friendship will endure way past the borders of this life and will continue anew beyond.

Jottings: Ancestors

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Ancestors
I wonder if my ancestors are guiding me in some way and what it is they would want for me if they were guiding me. 

Jottings: Waterfalls at breakfast

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Waterfalls at breakfast
Until recent years, advertisements were aspirational and inspirational. Now, we are in what I call 'The Boo-Hoo Years.'

Jottings: Story traditions

Lake Oswego Review - My Community
Jottings: Story traditions
Wisps of childhood stories still peek occasionally from my subconscious, bringing a smile, a feeling of love.

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