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Second Story by Kent Lewis Window-shopping for a lifestyle   WINDOWS The alumnae magazine of Mt. Angel College   Bus One Seven by Roderick Armageddon What's your value add? Slogan Brainstorming For the National Window Association of America Feng Shui by Robin Tovey Don’t take it lying down Firebox by Stacy Westbrook What can you see from your Rear Window?   Police Report O145-D87 by Officer Bug Hooper Tree incident at Billygoat Gardens   Out of Sites by Jeff Gores Good web sites or good laughs? Find them both here.

Windows
A different point of view
By Kent Lewis

A few years ago, I was on my way to Mt. Bachelor for a day of powder skiing with the family, when our car hit a patch of ice. We skidded off the road at 50 mph, smashed through a fence and rolled over once or twice before coming to a rest upside down.

Moments before impact, the driver’s side window became our windshield as we skidded sideways into the white fence. That very window seemed to hold my future. Luckily for all of us, that future extended beyond the totaled car. Thankfully, my mother, father and I all managed to get out of the car relatively unharmed. We even salvaged the skis and hitched a ride to the mountain with friends the next day. In this case, the window to my future was bright, but that may not always be the case.

If eyes are the "windows to the soul," then what of car or skyscraper windows? Most of the time, windows are used for protection from the elements. In other instances, windows offer us insight into worlds we can’t otherwise experience, like the ocean or space. By definition, windows are transparent, designed for two-way viewing. Sometimes, however, the subjects on one side are unaware of those on the other. It’s all about perspective, as you’ll see in my fiction piece, Second Story.

Scientists have studied plants, animals and humans through the relative safety of glass. One of the critical factors in scientific research is change. For the alumnae of Mt. Angel College, change can happen all too quickly, or not at all. Check out the latest issue of their newsletter, WINDOWS and you’ll see what I mean.

Unless you’re at an airport kiosk, you’re probably sitting on your ass right now. How else would you be reading the latest issue of Anvil? Would you rather be doing something else? Should you be doing something else? Roderick Armageddon has a few suggestions for you.

After a dose of heavy reality from Roderick, there’s nothing like taking a break with the National Windows Association of America. They apparently hired Peabody Advertising to come up with a new slogan on par with the "Got milk?" campaign for 2002. See for yourself how far they got.

Windows allow light into the home. Light is energy and energy is good, unless it’s 7 a.m. Saturday morning and you’re hung over. Before you lock down the shades at home, you may want to read up on Feng Shui to make sure your chi emits the proper mojo.

Once your interior is properly arranged to let the sun shine in, it’s time to sit your ass on the couch and watch a movie. Can’t you see it’s raining? What better movie to enjoy than Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window? Stacy Westbrook tells us all about it in Firebox.

While Hitchcock’s movie, Rear Window, was Hollywood fiction at it’s best, reality can sometimes be more interesting and entertaining. A good example of this is an incident that recently occurred at Billygoat Gardens. Read Idaho officer Bug Hooper’s thorough police report on the matter.

For those of you who’s only office window is in the form of a computer monitor, take heart. Jeff Gores has provided us a few Web sites worthy of a visit. The Anvil Gallery also has a few treats in the form of quality images and another excellent cartoon. I hope you like what you see.