Let Us Begin with Buddha on the Fire Hydrant

Welcome to my first blog post on this Blue Thread site. It's been 99 years since women got the right to vote in Oregon—well before the national victory in 1920. It's about two months before the release of Blue Thread, my bit of historical fiction/fantasy that takes you back to Portland in 1912 and entwines you in a struggle for women's rights said to have happened thousands of years earlier.

I took years—somewhat fewer than 99—to bring Blue Thread this far. Why did I bother? The short answer: ...