Ooh, this sounds so lascivious... I've hooked up with Salem Weekly. In a journalistic sense, which takes away quite a bit of the lascivousness.
But by no means all. I'm excited that publisher A.P. Walther invited me to write a regular Strange Up Salem column. A few years ago we headed in that direction, but never consummated our relationship.
Today, though: proof of the hook-up right on the cover. Sweet! I love the artwork. Fits nicely with my first column, which you can read here.
Kudos to whoever created the Strange Up Salem logo. Haven't learned the dude's or dudette's name yet. The broken handcuff is a great touch. Let's bust out of boredom and blahness!
Portland has weird for its reputation. Salem can embrace strange.
There's so much to like about strangeness. I'm going to enjoy sharing strange ideas in the column, and talking with people similarly entranced by strangeness.
One angle, which I'm reminded of every day, is that when you expect life to be strange, you'll never be disappointed.
It's when we expect that things will make perfect sense, fit in neat boxes, be all orderly and predictable -- that's when life hits with us think again, stranger. Life is weird. Life is strange.
I found a great quote for the first column.
“Beauty always has an element of strangeness.”
-Baudelaire
Let's make Salem more beautiful.
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