From Pacific Northwest correspondent, Todd Marella Sigh…we are… individually, collectively, globally, going crazy. Mad. Bonkers. Nuts. Alas, we’ve all read the accounts of how important the joy in the little things, and the seeking them out truly is. A photograph, a scent, a song…little things often taken for granted, but really powerful, if we let them be. 'Let’s go crazy' is as much a celebration of the human spirit and a record to dance to, as it is a protest anthem, its i

It's 40 years, and one day, since Mount St Helens erupted, killing at least 57, and, far less importantly, but more relevantly, burying Castle Rock racetrack. I remember hearing about the eruption, it made world news. I'm sure there had been volcanic eruptions elsewhere in the world in my young life, but as a just turned nine-year-old, and it being in America, Mount St Helens was quite the attention-grabber. This photo popped up on social media yesterday. It was taken on the

Remember those heady pre-Coronovirus days of, well, early 2020? You know, when you'd turn up at a race and French kiss all the track officials, before starting on with a systematic round of licking the faces of the photographers and finally sucking the fingers of your favourite competitors? God, I miss those days now that I'm self-isolating and all I have to look forward to is the four-hourly, horse-strength antibiotics washed down with mouthfuls of hot hand cleanser. So, the

Taken from a report by Claudia Meza on Oregon Public Broadcasting. As Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” played loudly, people couldn’t help but bop their heads. Gary Inman gave more than a bop. He snaked around his table, accenting drum hits with jump-kicks and air headbutts. That’s what first caught my eye. As I approached his table mesmerized by his off-kilter dancing and fully intending to find out everything about him, a spread of colorful magazine covers soon distracted me. Inm