As anyone who’s a routine reader of blogs knows, blogs are a forum where one or more people, usually insiders in some industry or field of study, ruminate on topics of interest to a specialized audience. Financial bloggers explain the inner workings of the Federal Reserve Board or predict which way mortgage rates will go. Astronomy bloggers describe the discovery of black holes or new developments in space telescopes. In this blog, we write about what we know: ourselves and our East County communities. As you’ll see with our first posts, our topics are diverse. That’s because we ourselves have diverse interests, passions, and expertise, some of which might surprise others if only they knew. If our community — if any community — is a tapestry, here’s where we’ll see the individual threads as they weave in and out of the whole.
In this inaugural batch of posts, we have two essays from Washougal middle school teacher Scott Rainey, one from gardener Ginny Frederick, and a Q & A about a Camas church’s work with a refugee family from Aghanistan. We also dive into the origins of ECCA’s first community-wide volunteer project, the Great Rte. 14 Trash Cleanup. Not every post will interest you, but that’s the nature of blogs. Pick and choose, and among the offerings, we think you’ll find posts that are captivating, motivating, or enlightening. We also hope you’ll enrich our mutual experience by leaving your own comments and reflections.
Posts contributed by community members must meet our guidelines, the most important guideline being that posts should seek to strengthen or build our community. However, posts do not necessarily represent the views of ECCA as an organization.
Do you have a story to tell, or a unique perspective or experience to share? Have you been thinking about a problem in our community that needs to be solved, or experienced a life-changing moment that made you see our community or society differently? Whatever your topic, if it’s about our life together, in this place and time, we’d love to help you share it. Write us with your idea at ecca@eastcountyvoices.org.
The photo from the Lewis and Clark Heritage Trail (known locally, of course, as the Dike Trail) is courtesy of Virginia Frederick.
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