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BOOK REVIEW: BLACK TAR HEROIN, SAM QUINONES, AND DREAMLAND

June 12, 2019 by

Do Millennials Hear Boomer Parents Talk About Black Tar Heroin And The Damage Done? Sam Quinones Says Not Much. The movie Traffic isn’t about black tar heroin. It’s heroin, though, and shows a group of affluent young people dealing with a friend’s drug overdose. They drop him on the sidewalk outside an Emergency Room and […]

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HPV16 SCIENCE FOR THE FEARFUL

June 7, 2019 by

The nice couple have had a hard time dealing with HPV16 cancer in different places, awkward places, and they show their maturity by addressing it without the stigma. Stigma, you ask? What stigma. Stigma according to the Cambridge Dictionary: a strong lack of respect for a person or a group of people or a bad opinion of them because they have done something society does not approve of. Click more for the […]

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THERE’S CANCER STORIES, THEN THERE’S CANCER STORIES

April 11, 2019 by

This is one of the more engaging cancer stories. In my research of cancer stories for my memoir, I’ve read a few. This is a great cancer story from the New Yorker. Thanks to facebook friend Pam Parker for the link. It’s about the individual who doesn’t fit the system just right. It’s about the […]

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MARRIAGE BRIDGES GENERATIONS WHO JOIN

April 2, 2019 by

What’s the best way to give newly weds the sort of advice they’ll need for a future together in marriage? After the vows and rings, who is best equipped to deliver the last word in marriage? Since weddings are so hectic it all turns into a blur of fiends and family, near and far, young […]

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CLASSIC PORTLAND, JAKES, JANE AUSTEN

January 30, 2019 by

Classic Portland isn’t a memory, or some sort of dream. It’s not a TV show or a few blocks on the Eastside. Classic Portland is what the new people see when they move here; it’s what they’ll complain about when they move to Tigard in ten years.

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TONY ROMO WINS NFL BROADCAST BOOTH

January 21, 2019 by

    Count me among the sports fans who watched the NFL playoffs on Championship Sunday. Did I watch NFL games at a sports bar with my crew? First I’d need a crew. Did I watch it with my football player family members? No, but I do have football player relatives. One was a small […]

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HUBERS HISTORY, PORTLAND HISTORY, AND THE GREAT JAMES LOUIE

January 13, 2019 by

Walk into any gym with a weight room to go along with a dance studio, yoga retreat, therapy rooms, pool, hot tub, and you’ll fine exceptional people under the bar. Strong people, men and women who decided to build and rebuild, and continue building their bodies to meet every challenge they face. It works like […]

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NBA PLAYOFF FEATURES THROWBACK BASKETBALL

April 29, 2018 by

    The big question in NBA playoff basketball?   “Was that a foul? It’s a foul in the regular season, but not now? How is that fair?”   The regular answer? “It’s the playoffs. Things get rough. Man game.”   The top pic shows two titans of the eighties, Larry Bird and Julius Irving, […]

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AUTHOR PHOTOS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS? Pt.3

March 18, 2018 by

    Demonstrate how a book works?   You can hold it, turn pages, but a book works in other ways.   They hold doors open, shine light, give hope.   An author thinks they’ve done one thing, but a reader takes it another way, which is the magic of book. We get to make […]

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MILITARY PARADE IN ELEVEN ARMY MEDIC VETERAN STEPS

March 10, 2018 by

    1. Join the service and serve the agreed upon time. USMC, USN, USA, USAF, etc.   2. Go to boot camp. If it’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done the rest of your life, you’re not trying hard enough.   3. Go to school and get qualified to do a military job.   […]

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