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MARRIAGE EXPERIMENTS: DUCK FOOTBALL OR PORTLAND TRIP?

October 30, 2022 by

Marriage experiments are not for the non-scientist. I’m not a scientist, but my wife is. She’s the one who tries new things and keeps an eye out for my response. But that doesn’t make me the experiment. Or does it?

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FOLLOWING TRADITIONS KEEP PORTLAND CONNECTIONS FRESH

October 6, 2022 by

Following traditions isn’t always convenient: “What, we have to do this again?” But once you start, try to keep them.  Sharing traditions with others makes everyone stronger.

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PORTLAND BURDEN FROM DOWNTOWN TO HOMETOWN

October 3, 2022 by

Every city has a dream of tranquility, prosperity, and safety. Portland, Oregon has a burden. But what is the Portland burden? The city is supposed to be better. Now what?

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VISITING PORTLAND CHECKLIST

August 30, 2022 by

Visiting Portland? Google it and to see how things look before making plans. Travelportland.com comes in as the ‘official city guide.’ It shows food, books, and Portland activities.  Looks like a nice place, but what will the updates say after the next demonstration? Keep looking.

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PORTLAND WEED: A SHORT HISTORY

August 25, 2022 by

Portland weed once came out of Goose Hollow Inn men’s room. A dealer worked from a stall with a full waiting room outside, according to sources. Like all good history, BoomerPdx relies on primary sources and historical relevance to reflect past life. If that life takes a turn into hardcore drug addiction, it’s a life […]

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PORTLAND BRIDGE RUN AND RESCUE AFTER DARK

July 24, 2021 by

This is my favorite Portland bridge, the Hawthorne Bridge. The picture makes it look longer than it is on foot, or on a bike. When I lived on the west side, I had a job on the east side and crossed it twice a day. Then I moved to east side and worked on the […]

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MEMORIAL DAY 2021, WASHINGTON PARK, PORTLAND OREGON

May 31, 2021 by

Memorial Day is for the kids, the enlisted guys, the drafted guys, the FNG who followed orders. It’s for the professional soldiers who learned the job and did the work. Sergeant Tennyson said it with, “Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die.” Take that hill, cross that river, crawl […]

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A BIRTHDAY, VE DAY, FLYOVER PORTLAND DAY

May 9, 2020 by

My dad’s birthday is May 8, so it was a big day before I learned about Victory in Europe, or anything in Europe. It’s still a big day. Sharing his day with the end of the worst war in the history of mankind, where industrialized death became the accepted norm, can’t be easy. Just ask […]

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PORTLAND NBA DREAMS IN DUST BIN AFTER WC FINALS

May 21, 2019 by

Who loses to the World Champions in sport? Everyone. The Portland Trail Blazers were taken out in four games. In three they had a good lead in the third quarter. Fan comment runs from quitting to choking, leaving out the part where the Warriors made them quit and choked them out. One fan keeps a […]

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BLAZER LILLARD ERASES BAD PORTLAND MEMORIES

April 25, 2019 by

Ask any sports fan and they’ll tell you: are the most lasting memories of your team the wins or the losses? Because once the fan base gets used to winning, the losing always shocks. Every Cowboy fan knows this. The same with Oregon Duck football fans from 2010’s Auburn cheat game win. That was a […]

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