Gorge 09

We are pleased to feature two new videos from 2009 that were accidentally erased at the time (and have been re-shot for your viewing pleasure):

1004 Campfire Girls
In 1966 1004 Campfire Girls embarked on an Italian Cruise ship to witness poverty in the Caribbean. San Juan Puerto Rico, Cartegena Columbia and Kingston Jamaica were visited. This is a short story about poverty, poisonous necklaces, rum, milk and much more.
Susan Conklin

Memories of Viet Nam
In Ho Chi Minh City in 1996, I sat in the former office of Gen. William Westmorland who commanded US forces during the American War, as the Vietnamese called it, negotiating a solar electricity program with the head of the the largest women’s union in the world.
Mark Cherniack

On a sunny afternoon in June, 17 of Gorge’s most interesting people gave 3 minute talks on a huge variety of topics -from hitchhiking to cemeteries, to the science of music and energy negotiations with largest women’s union in the world. None of them were professional speakers but the result was amazing. Enjoy.

Kick Off Entertainment
Zan & Noah Moore, www.instrumentsofthenow.com

A Fish Tale Begins
This tale begins on an uninhabited island in the South China Sea, with the last bite of fresh fish, and a bone that lodged itself across my throat…
Arlene Burns

3 Big Scientific Questions
And 2 1/2 mostly unsatisfying answers
Charles Young

The Wonders of Busking and Hitchhiking Around the Northwest
Daniel Leininger, Among the Wreckage

Mosier to Madagascar: Real life stories from the animal kingdom
You’ll meet a runaway dog- turned surf ambassador at Dog Beach, witness birth of the first giant panda cub in the US, follow California condor’s recovery from near extinction and meet great grandma gorilla.
Barbara Ayers

Breathing Life Back into the Mosier Pioneer Cemetery
A few thoughts on living with the dead.
Kathy Fitzpatrick

How much is a dollar worth? How much will it be worth next year? How is it used in the rest of the world and how might its role be changing?
Like lots of other people, I’ve been thinking about our economic system and here are a few of the things I’ve learned.
Kristen McNall

Unusual Flight
One day Tom flew an airplane off a building in downtown Portland.
Tom Murphy

The Smallest Library
How many libraries exist in the US and how unlikely is it that Mosier has one?
Scott Smith

Newt
Dan reveals a revolutionary marriage who’s time and place has come
Daniel M. Rasmussen, Coruscations, LLC, www.gismo.org

A Fish Tale Continues…
A year later and the bone is still there…
Arlene Burns

Sound: a Medicine
A peek into the world of vibrational medicine called Sound Healing
Frans Bosman, www.essentialresonance.com

Hard Rock Microbiology
Rocks from Mosier and microbes living deep under ground in aquifers give us clues about how to search for life on Mars.
Todd Stevens, Stevens Ecology, www.stevensecology.com

Life, Family and Lost Loves
Stories from a ‘normal’ family
Peny Wallace

Not Your Standard Fiddle
Marilee Cowan

Dog Mushing 101
A short narrative on “how to” dog mush, with personal photos of my childhood in rural Alaska
Lena Ulvi

All the Secret Comings and Goings at the Mosier Post Office
Learn all the gritty details of what has been actually happening at the post office; starting from 1929. Postmaster tells all in full detail.
Lark Lennox

A Fish Tale Concludes
Arlene Burns