A Blog by Matt Love
Home
About
Newsletter Signup
NSP Categories
NSP Meditations
Lost and Found
Writing
Driftwood Forts
Oregon Beaches
Of Walking in Rain
Oregon Coast_History
NSP Correspondents
Oregon Tavern Age
Astoria
Fiction
Poetry
NSP E-Books
Back to NSP
Contact
NSP Blog Categories
Astoria
November 4, 2017
Topless to the Clearcut
August 19, 2017
Meditations Overlooking Youngs Bay 2
August 17, 2017
Meditations Overlooking Youngs Bay
June 12, 2017
What I Miss About Teaching
June 1, 2017
The Chill Tank or My Ten Days on the Boat in Jail
April 21, 2017
Brownsmead Dreaming
April 9, 2017
On the End of My Classroom Teaching Career
April 6, 2017
Hummingbird Healing
Newer Entries »
Bonnie and Clyde Files
August 2, 2018
Dog Sanctuary Ruminations
May 25, 2018
Sanctuary Back Yard Musings
May 22, 2018
Letter to Clyde
May 7, 2018
A Walk With Bonnie
May 1, 2018
Bonnie and Clyde Files (Last Chapter)
April 7, 2018
Bonnie and Clyde Files 47 (Book Launch Week!)
April 5, 2018
Bonnie and Clyde Files 46
April 4, 2018
The Bonnie and Clyde Files: How Two Senior Dogs Saved a Middle Aged Man
April 3, 2018
Bonnie and Clyde Files 45 (Book Launch Week!)
April 2, 2018
Bonnie and Clyde Files 44 (Book Launch!)
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Driftwood Forts
March 21, 2019
Fort Sunset
March 14, 2019
Fort Ukulele
March 13, 2019
Birthday Fort
January 24, 2019
Fort Siren (idea for a noir story)
January 23, 2019
Mystery Over Journalism
January 22, 2019
Right On!
January 8, 2019
A Fort Challenge
December 13, 2018
Fort Espresso
November 28, 2018
Church Fort
August 9, 2018
Return of the Fort Stoners
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Fiction
January 2, 2019
A Slash Burn Christmas (Part 6)
January 1, 2019
A Slash Burn Christmas (Part 5)
December 31, 2018
A Slash Burn Christmas (Part 4)
December 29, 2018
Notes for a Story: Dead Man’s Mac and Cheese
December 28, 2018
A Slash Burn Christmas (Part 3)
December 27, 2018
Notes for an Upcoming Christmas Tale: Dead Man’s Western Wear
December 26, 2018
A Slash Burn Christmas (Part 2)
December 25, 2018
A Slash Burn Christmas (Part 1)
December 20, 2018
Holiday Craft Fair (Part 4) A Christmas Tale
December 19, 2018
Holiday Craft Fair (Part 3) A Christmas Tale
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Lost and Found
April 17, 2017
Lost and Found 6 / Back and Forth
April 12, 2017
Lost and Found 5 / The Parable of the Lost Sheep
April 10, 2017
Lost and Found 4 / Improvisation with Monk and Coffee
April 4, 2017
Lost and Found 3 / Drifting the Oregon Coast with Bob Dylan
March 26, 2017
Lost and Found 2: Rescuing Dogs, Reality and Metaphor
March 25, 2017
Lost and Found in Our Lives; the Beginning of My Journey
Newer Entries »
NSP Correspondents
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / The Oregon Shot / Gerry Lewin
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Bill Hall / Oswald West and Tom McCall Meet in Heaven
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Earl Mohr / A Writer’s Womb
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Matthew Sproul / GAME TODAY, 4:00 p.m.
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Jane Endres / Nature Communicates
Newer Entries »
NSP Meditations
August 6, 2019
On Meeting David Shetzline and Discussing Heckletooth 3
August 5, 2019
Death of a Homeless Man
August 1, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 6
August 1, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 5
July 31, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 4
July 30, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 3
July 30, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 2
July 29, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 1
July 24, 2019
On Tetherball
July 23, 2019
The Greatest Gig in Oregon History
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Of Walking in Rain
November 21, 2018
Rain, November, 21
October 29, 2018
Rain Hammers the Roof
October 8, 2018
Rain Things
October 2, 2018
A Window Washing Tale (Part 2)
October 1, 2018
A Window Washing Tale (Part 1)
September 17, 2018
Rain Coffee Shop Novel Notes
June 13, 2018
Rain Falls…
March 28, 2018
Walking in Rain March 27
March 1, 2018
Raymond Carver Rain Thoughts
January 10, 2018
Short Story from the City of Rain
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Oregon Beaches
May 9, 2019
Beautiful Incongruities
May 8, 2019
Morning Finds
April 25, 2019
Thoughts at the Jetty
April 10, 2019
Fort Protest
April 8, 2019
Cliffs of Meth (?)
March 28, 2019
The Meth Miscreants
March 26, 2019
On Seal Rock
March 21, 2019
Fort Sunset
March 13, 2019
Birthday Fort
March 4, 2019
Sunday Morning Meth
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Oregon City
September 25, 2018
On Raking Leaves (Part 2)
September 24, 2018
On Raking Leaves (Part 1)
September 18, 2018
Oregon City on the Mind
September 12, 2018
Meditations on a Dump Run (Part 3)
September 11, 2018
Meditations on a Dump Run (Part 2)
September 10, 2018
Meditations on a Dump Run (Part 1)
Newer Entries »
Oregon Coast_History
May 10, 2018
Returnable Kindness
April 1, 2018
Oregon Tavern Age: Roosters
March 30, 2018
Oregon Tavern Age: Elk
February 27, 2018
On Oregon Guns in My Life
January 27, 2018
The Old Seal
January 23, 2018
January Meditations Overlooking Youngs’ Bay
January 20, 2018
Coaching Service for Aspiring Authors Launched in Astoria
December 15, 2017
A Secret Place
December 13, 2017
How to Build a Driftwood Christmas Tree
December 8, 2017
Possible Christmas Tales
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Oregon Tavern Age
March 8, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Silver Dollar Kindness
February 22, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Scenes
January 31, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Talkin’ Turkey
January 30, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Love to Love You Baby
January 29, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Busted Femur
January 28, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Wellness
January 19, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Nowhere to Go
January 18, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Noon Moments
January 17, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Hallelujah
January 17, 2019
Oregon Tavern Age: Christmas Day
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Poetry
August 22, 2018
The Hummingbird and Lint–A Poem
August 21, 2018
Artifacts Upon Artifacts–A Poem (March 2010)
August 20, 2018
A Crow’s Wink–A Poem
June 15, 2018
Lines from the Beach
June 11, 2018
Lines from 6-4 Probation—a Non Poem
May 16, 2018
Probation 5-7-18
May 5, 2018
Verbs at the Beach
March 9, 2018
Blades of Grass (not a probation poem)
February 16, 2018
Probation Poem February 5
February 15, 2018
Living Poetry With My Old Man
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Sports
July 6, 2018
Changeover: A Tennis Tale (Part 4)
July 5, 2018
Changeover: A Tennis Tale (Part 3)
July 4, 2018
Changeover: A Tennis Tale (Part 2)
April 12, 2018
Tennis On My Mind
November 23, 2017
Remembrance of an Oregon Thanksgiving Football Past
June 7, 2017
“Soul Train Rollin!”: Paul K and the Greatest Get Down Block Party in Oregon History
May 10, 2017
Maurice Lucas and Bob Straub: Two of My Oregon Heroes
April 27, 2017
Steve Prefontaine on My Mind
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / The Oregon Shot / Gerry Lewin
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Matthew Sproul / GAME TODAY, 4:00 p.m.
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
Writing
November 10, 2018
Truth at the Tideline
October 23, 2018
On Finding James Baldwin
October 16, 2018
Some Truths
September 25, 2018
On Raking Leaves (Part 2)
August 15, 2018
Waves and Beaches—The Book
June 5, 2018
Lines Written in the Fact_Fiction Workshop
June 2, 2018
Writing Workshop Notes and Prompts
April 26, 2018
Kindness and Gratitude Sent Out
April 14, 2018
Veracity in Fact and Fiction Writing Workshop in Astoria
March 26, 2018
Maps and Journeys Prompts and Exercises
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »
