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NAME RECOGNITION IN AMERICA EXPLAINED, TO BE OR NOT

Two nights ago I watched Hamnet from the blue velvet couch.
It’s about Shakespeare, which isn’t a spoiler. At least it shouldn’t be.
With one of the more helpful movie openings, it explained that Hamnet and Hamet are the same name. The same.
So I was set. Hamnet it is?
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NOT LOST, BUT STILL A HISTORY OF LOSING

You are not lost if you still have enough gas in the tank and sunlight in the sky to keep going.
But, not everyone agrees.
I chalk it up to those who’ve experienced enough losing to know the symptoms.
They’ve seen losers, been losers, and know what they’re talking about when they call you a loser.
It’s up to you to agree. Don’t do that.
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LOCAL HISTORY STUDENT + HOBBYIST = HISTORY FANS

What we have here for the history student is a picture of a post-industrial landscape typically found beside polluted rivers across America where time has passed it by.
The industrial ruins-looking build-up is a common sight from New England to North Bend.
What we need to know is this particular mess can be considered the beginning of Oregon history.
The alert reader also knows this as a place where history happened before Oregon.
History is funny like that, every time you turn the page, peel the onion, something else is there.
There’s always that ‘something else’ with history. Something worth a closer look. (click images to enlarge)

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ALL EYES ON THE AMERICAN WORLD CUP, JULY FOURTH

Did anyone leave a 4th of July gathering to watch some World Cup action?
France v Paraguay?
Canada v Morocco?
Me neither. I had to take my dog home before a bunch of kids filled up the backyard.
The games were already on.
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WRITING PARTNERS? CHOOSE CAREFULLY

Two nights ago I watch Hamnet from the blue velvet couch with July 4th coming around the bend.
It’s about Shakespeare, which isn’t a spoiler.
One of the more helpful movie openings, it explained early that Hamnet and Hamet are the same name. The same.
So I was set. Hamnet it is.

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toughen up

Miranda Dating Rights For The New Era Of Rising STD

    Have you ever asked someone out on a date?   Probably.   Did you read them the ‘Dating Rights’ questions?   Going out on a limb here with probably not.   Why would you?

Chemo Nausea: How To Cope By Comparing Other Nausea

People who’ve lived a little, maybe over done things once or twice, have lists.   A Best Of list.   A Worst Of list.   Whether it’s a car, teacher, town, or vacation, it all fits one list or the other.   Then there’s the list you make for chemo nausea, which you only get […]

NORMAL TO NEW NORMAL A SHORTER WALK

    Exercise geeks always have something wrong. Not the biggest complainers in any room I’m in, but it’s always something. Why? Because small nagging aches and pains are proof of a finely tuned machine.   Like a racehorse where every muscle glistens down the backstretch. Or a fastball pitcher, guys who look like their […]

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boomer years

Today Is A Special Day For Someone, What’s Your Day Like

  Coaches have had a grand time reminding their athletes that, “There’s someone somewhere training just as hard as you. Time to step it up.”   They say this right after you’ve had a special day of success so you won’t let it go to your head too fast.   Or, “Someone is training harder […]

PUSH YOUR ENVELOPE FOR PROOF

Go outside the box and push your envelope. Push it real good. Too often baby boomers take the good advice of slowing down, like take time to smell the roses. It’s good advice because we’re not the proverbial spring chicken anymore, but it doesn’t mean crawl into a hole and die. When is the last […]

HOW BROKEN HEARTS STAND

Future Nobel Prize winner Bruuuuce nails broken hearts. Badlands, you gotta live it every day Let the broken hearts stand As the price you’ve gotta pay Broken hearts happen all the time. Hearts break next to you and you don’t hear a thing. Bruce Springsteen sang about broken hearts in Badlands. It fit the song, […]

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PORTLAND MOVEABLE FEAST: COMMUNITY

    “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” Would Hemingway say the same about a Portland moveable feast? He would if he booked Eastburn for dinner. Try […]

PDX BRIDGES NEW & OLD

The new pedestrian bridge brings new views of Portland. The view of the freeway looking south. To find it from I-5 north, take the Ross Island Bridge exit and snake around. Park your car before you make the right turn to the Ross Island ramp and you can’t miss it.           […]

WHY SMALL TOWN PEOPLE MATTER

    Lost in the hyper speed of modern life on a 1.4 terabit internet connection is the human pace of life. Call it small town life for small town people, but remember we’re all small town people once you peel off the layers of sophistication.   Jet setters once clamored for seats on the […]

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