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☮️ Work for Peace and Social Justice
grateful to live in a blu state🦫
😐Neighborhood underachiever
🐈 #woodcarving #Cat
🌹 #PNW 🌲 #Cascadia
🇺🇦Ukraine💔Palestine🇵🇸
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Nov 12: Antifa occupies a corner in this NE Portland neighborhood. These provocateurs have- thus far-refrained from torching or otherwise vandalizing any of the area homes or businesses..
#Antifa #Portland #PDX
#Resist #Peace #Justice
#Democracy #NoKings
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Weds, Nov 12, Noon:
Paid Antifa members terrorizing what should be a quiet neighborhood in close-in NE Portland, OR. Where the heck is
PPB?
#Portland #PDX #Hellhole
#Antifa #Resist
Lloyd district, NE Portland, OR: Cars, some brown-brick apartments, a white wooden building housing a nail salon & a submarine sandwich shop - all miraculously undamaged by Antifa or other urban saboteurs. A couple women sit curbside, on scooters. On the left, a white-haired woman wearing what appears to be a black vest over a red jacket, holds a sign that reads, ‘Be as courageous as you can’.. her companion sports a Smokey the Bear-style hat, in black; and dark glasses. She’s wearing a black-and-white geometric wrap over a burgundy- colored shirt, and dark pants with a flowered design. Her sign reads, ‘No Justice No Peace’. It is speculated that they are paid provocateurs (Soros !), & likely here to foment civil unrest. Five agitators-one standing, the others seated on chairs and assistive devices- occupy a corner in a close-in business district of Portland, Oregon. They display various placards with messages, ‘Resist’, ‘No Kings! Ever Again’; ‘Black Lives Matter’; ‘We All Belong Here, We Will Defend Each Other’ ; and two signs supportive of ‘justice, equality and peace’…
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Mexican grocery, Milwaukie, OR- a community just south of Portland: today was 1st time I’d found the door locked during business hours. Owner quickly came to let me in; it was then that I spotted this notice on his door.

#ICE #MilwaukieOR
#PDX #Resist
#SomosVecinos
#Community
#NoHayPazSinJusticia
Notice posted on the door of a local tienda: STOP. No ICE Access In This Business.. Notice to All Law Enforcement & Immigration Agents.. This is a private business. You are not permitted to enter non-public areas of this business without a valid judicial warrant.. An ICE administrative warrant does not authorize entry into private areas of this business.. You may not question employees or search the premises without proper legal authority.. All employees and visitors have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.. IF YOU ENTER, YOU ARE TRESPASSING, AND WE WILL PURSUE LEGAL REMEDIES.
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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🏆Oct 8: The weekly street action, NE 16th/Multnomah in Portland (yes, THAT Portland). Aprx 100 folk today; I’m told they’ve been protesting every Saturday, 12:00, for the past thirty-one weeks.
⚖️🌹☮️
#PDX #Portland #PNW
#Resist #NoKings
#Oregon #Hellscape
Apprx 100 citizens at a weekly protest in the Lloyd Center/Sullivan’s Gulch neighborhood- the urban hellscape of Portland Oregon, a couple miles from the city center. About ten folk with guitars and ukuleles provide musical support at this weekly protest in northeast Portland, OR. A yellow placard with message, “DEFEND TRUTH”, rests against a music stand, a small American flag flying at its corner. Several of the performers have a QR code affixed to their music stands, providing a link to the group’s songbook. Weekly Saturday street action in NE Portland, OR. Some of the attendees- including this crossing guard- wear yellow Chicken Hats, inspired by local activist Jack Dickinson (AKA the Portland Chicken) who has been a ‘consistent presence’ at the nightly protests at the ICE building on South Macadam Avenue. One of the groups of protesters occupying each corner of this intersection- NE 16th & Multnomah St, in Portland OR. At far left, a citizen holds a sign, “Don’t crown the Clown”. At far right, a safety officer/crossing guard wears a yellow vest & holds a bright orange safety flag emblazoned with the word, “RESIST”; she also wears a yellow Chicken Hat, several of which are spotted by members of The Resistance : (
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Wrapping up the weekly Indivisible street viz in Milwaukie- just south of the urban hellscape that is Portland, OR.
Join us Fridays,
3:30-4:30, in front of the Oak Grove Fred Meyer.
🌹☮️⚖️🍁
#IndivisibleClackamas
#Resist #PDX #Portland
#PNW #Milwaukie
The sun is setting on the weekly Friday street protest in Milwaukie, OR. At left, a citizen holds a sign which reads, “Use Your Voice”, and “We the People Bow NOT To Kings”..below that, a placard: “no hay Paz sin justicia.” In the background, the street glistens with rain; and traffic -including a blue and white TriMet bus- passes in front of a Jack In The Box restaurant.
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Oct 17: more from the weekly afternoon rush hour street action, in Milwaukie, OR, which is just south of Portland.
The protest was enlivened by appearances by a
T-Rex, a unicorn & a Cookie Monster.
#PDX #PNW #PortlandOR
#IndivisibleClackamas
#Resist #NoKings
Protesters, including a unicorn, line the sidewalk in front of a Jack-In-The-Box in Milwaukie, OR. Signs include messages “Stand Up For Democracy”, and “NO TROOPS”, the latter having particular meaning for local citizens as the President is itchin’ to send National Guard troops to quell his perceived.. unrest in Portland, which is approximately right miles north of this community. Citizens with protest signs. From the right: “Science vs Dr Snakeoil Trump”.. sign embellished with flames, and the Devil’s trident 🔥🔱. Man with black jacket hold sign which compares 1933 Gestapo and Hitler to 2025 ICE and Trump..includes entreaty, “Make America Sane Again ‼️”. A blue T-Rex hold sign reminding us, “Stay peaceful, don’t take the bait”. A white unicorn bears a placard, with message, “when injustice becomes law resistance becomes duty”. At far right, citizen holds a small American flag, & a sign which reads, “STOP PROTECTING PEDOPHILES” A sign, written in Spanish: “No hay paz sin justicia”- There is no peace without justice. Citizen carries sign which reads, “People should not be afraid of their Governments GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE AFRAID OF THEIR PEOPLE”. The sign is embellished with a small American flag in the upper right corner.
October 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Oct 17 Indivisible street action- Milwaukie, OR which is 8 miles south of the Portland (hellhole) city center.
#PDX #PNW #PortlandOR
#InduvisibleClackamas
#Resist #NoKings
Protesters at a weekly Indivisible street action. Woman in the center of the frame holds a very colorful, eye-catching “No Kings” sign. Citizens with protest signs ! On the left, sign reads, “Release the files!! (Epstein/Trump, duh!).. Bo Kings, liars, rapists & fraudsters—Thank YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!” On the right, sign reads,”ICE belongs in our drinks, NOT on our streets.” Sign is embellished with drawings of two cocktails, one in a margarita-type glass, but with an umbrella.. the other is a standard tumbler. An array of citizens lines the sidewalk in front of the Oak Grove Fred Meyer. Foreground left: man holds a sign,”Resist!”, with illustration of five arms upraised, each hand holding a heart emblazoned with a symbol- including a US flag, a peace sign, the colors of the rainbow.. Right foreground: a Cookie Monster! holding a sign which references “..the Last King..Will History Have To Repeat Itself?” Citizens in Protest, lining the sidewalk during afternoon rush hour.
October 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Mural at the entrance to The Wild Hair, in the old downtown of Camas, WA
#Murals #PNW #Downtown #Cities
#CamasWA
#WashingtonState
Photo of a mural in Camas, WA: A snow-covered Mt Hood looms above the forest. In the foreground & to the left, an evergreen grows from the stump of a tree that has been logged; & fungi with pointed caps create a carpet along the forest floor. At the bottom of the mural are the words, ‘We Are All Connected’ . The mural is overlaid by the shadow of a deciduous tree (which I don’t think I noticed at the time I took the photo, I was so intent on keeping my car out of the shot).
October 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Noon, Oct 11- Lloyd District, NE Portland, Oregon. Today’s peaceful gathering was enlivened with music from voices, ukuleles & guitars. 100-120 folk have been showing up for this weekly action.
#Resist #PDX #PortlandProtests
A cadre of..10-12? ukulele & guitar players lend musical support to a peaceful street action in the urban hellscape of Portland, Oregon Peaceful demonstrators in the Lloyd District of Portland, Oregon- a couple miles from the city center. Peaceful demonstrators covered all four corners of this intersection in the Lloyd District- Portland, Oregon. Our urban hellscape. ‘Nonviolent protest is subversive! Regime wants your violence so they can smash us and declare martial law So—understand the assignment’
October 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Portland, OR: Mural on the 82nd Ave side of the former Canton Grill restaurant, at SE Division in the city’s “Jade District”, home to many Asian-owned businesses.
#PDX #Portland #PNW
#JadeDistrict #MuralPDX
#Cities
A section of a mural in Portland’s Jade District, at the former site of the Canton Grill restaurant: dancing Buddha, a cocktail with an umbrella & a citrus slice; fortune cookies, chrysanthemums, and I think a groovy disco ball. A section of a mural in Portland’s Jade District, featuring chrysanthemums & what appears to be a lion dog : )
October 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Lloyd District, Portland: cheery, newly completed mural on the side of a large-ish office that’s been vacant, & targeted by vandals.
A bright spot in
the ‘hood ♥️🏆.
#Murals #PDX
July 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Recently completed project: cat side-eye
👀 👀 .. stilll needs a finish- maybe some Trewax with burnt umber oil paint..?
#Cat #Woodcarving
#CatCarving
Cat, carved from basswood- aprx 4” tall. Acrylic paint, cream, buff-orange & white; & casting some green side-eye.
July 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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#PDX #Portland
#PNW #BLM #Protests
#SocialJustice
#BlackLivesMatter
Portland, OR: Text msg received on May 31, 2020, 4:23 p.m.
Text msg received on May 31,2020, 4:23 pm, Portland, Oregon: “Emergency Alert Portland curfew in effect 8 PM tonight to 6 AM tomorrow citywide”.
May 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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#IndivisibleClackamas
#Resist #Protest
#PDX #PNW
Weekly Friday street protest, Milwaukie, OR:
Tho no official street action was planned due to long holiday weekend, thirty Indivisibles showed up, by word of mouth, to defend Democracy-
while sharing the corner with a handful of Trump supporters.
A handful of Trump supporters parked at Oak Grove Fred Meyer, in Milwaukie OR- the usual spot for Friday pro-Democracy street action by Indivisible Clackamas. This pickup is flying several American flags, and one emblazoned with “God, Guns and Trump”. Two pro-Democracy activists at a street action in Milwaukie, OR. Both are holding signs- on the left, sign reads, “So bad- even the introverts are here”. At right, the sign reads like a processing message that might be produced by a computer: “MAGA Trump Administration Uninstall. Uninstalling Trump. The system is corrupt. This might take awhile…” Black tshirt worn by a pro-Democracy activist at a Friday street action in Milwaukie,Oregon. Shirt reads, “Make Orwell Fiction Again”.
May 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A bill from my credit union ATM.
Is this a thing?
May 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Class project is complete: green
man with a red bird for a companion.
My 1st attempt at cottonwood bark- piece is apprx 3” tall & finished with a coat of TerraNova oil, & topped with some diluted acrylic paint.
#woodcarving #Hobby
#PNW #GreenMan #WoodSpirit
A carved wood-spirit. Aprx 3” tall, hewn from cottonwood bark. His face is framed by green leaves- he’s accompanied by a small red bird at his lower left. A green man, carved from cottonwood bark.. he’s about 3” tall. His face is framed by simple foliage; & his companion, a small red bird, is at his lower left.
May 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Class project- 1st attempt at cottonwood bark, which was prone to crumbling; should I try to stabilize with super glue .. ? 🧐
Still need to decide how to finish: oil, light color wash, eye accents? Will consult with teacher.
Piece is apprx 3” tall.
#woodcarving
#PNW
Unfinished project: green man/wood spirit, apprx 3” tall, carved from cottonwood bark; face framed by leaves, generic bird companion at lower left. Still needs light paint, maybe oil.. ? Wood spirit hewn from cottonwood bark. Piece is aprx 3” tall. Face is framed by leaves; small companion bird carved into lower left. Piece is unfinished- needs some color & maybe.. oil?
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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At Willamette Park:
A celebration of life,
with food, music & testimonials, for our friend & stalwart comrade, Portland activist Malcolm Chaddock.
At age 61, he has
left us far too soon.
💔💐☮️⚖️🌹

#VeteransForPeace
#PDX #Palestine
#Peace #Justice
#Community
Portrait from a memorial service: Our comrade, peace & social justice activist Malcolm Chaddock. Singing bowls, crafted from discarded cylindrical metal tanks, by Portland activist Malcolm Chaddock. 🌹One of Malcolm’s upright bells is sounded. I believe bell was commissioned in memory of one of Malcolm’s friends, local activist Joe Walsh Friends brought singing bowls, crafted by Malcolm from discarded cylindrical tanks. Here are a few of them. A beautiful outpouring of sound when they were played together.
April 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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April 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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From today’s assemblage of angry citizens-
Milwaukie, OR, @
SE Oak Grove &
McLoughlin.
#IndivisibleClackamas
#HandsOff #Resist
#TakingItToTheStreet
#PNW #PDX
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Class projects:
Generic torti, &
calico that resembles my deceased Flora..
somewhat 💐 ✝️
I could benefit from some painting
instruction 😐
#Cat #Woodcarving
April 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Beautiful &
thought-provoking
exhibit.
#PNW #LGBTQI
#NativePeoples
chachalu.org/exhibits/tra...
*”An exhibit presenting now and future Indigiqueer ancestors who move beyond boundaries in life and
art”
April 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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& this one (no disrespect intended to Moe, Larry,Curly..)
April 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Today’s street action with Indivisible Clackamas, @ Oak Grove Fred Meyer. A lot of response frm
passing motorists-I do believe the populace is a bit riled up 😡
#IndivisibleClackamad
#PNW #PDX #Resist
#TakingItToTheStreets
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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& thank you to
gentleman who brought his protest song playlist, & flew the Ukrainian colors
🎸💙🌹🎶
#ProtestsUSA #Resist
#IndivisibleClackamas
#PNW #PDX #Ukraine
March 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM