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PORTLAND BRIDGES – 1971

Every city with a river have one thing in common: bridges.
Portland bridges crisscross the Willamette River over and over to keep traffic moving.
There’s more of them today than 1971, not to mention upgrades.
The 405 is more of river of cars, and like every river it needs bridges to keep the city moving.
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PORTLAND, OREGON – 1971 – DRIVE CAREFULLY

Portland, Oregon, city of dreams, or the end of the line.
The end of the western line may be Astoria, but let’s stick to Portland.
This blog post shows approaches to town on different roads.

 

Well it’s all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it’s all right, if you live the life you please
Well it’s all right, doing the best you can
Well it’s all right, as long as you lend a hand

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THE MISSING PART ON A GUITAR? YOU

You’ve got plans, you make plans, and there’s always a missing part.
If you’re getting older and reading about the aging brain, you start worrying about your brain, and everyone your age with a functioning brain.
What about that baby boomer brain? Is it getting slippery? Harder to hold on to?
Then you read something about playing a musical instrument to improve focus and sustain concentration.
Sound like you yet? It goes two ways:
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YES, I CAN HEAR YOU. ARE YOU LISTENING TODAY?

I’m listening today, like every day, for that special spark of something, something interesting, but I’d settle for less.
Short of that, I hope for something that jumps out from social media, something blog-worthy.
That’s a big deal with a blog, a big deal for writers, finding a topic to expand on.
Too often they look inward and tell of their struggles with what seems like normal, everyday, ordinary, life for the rest of us.
It’s not easy for everyone, and can grow more difficult with time.
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FULL MOON ROCK AND ROLL

It’s best to have a full moon and rock and roll playing during a lunar eclipse.
These ladies are showing the back catalogue.
Which one’s pink? I don’t know, but I see the dark side of the moon.
Music and celestial events go hand in hand, like Pink Floyd during a Pink Moon.
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Stomp Out Cancer: When Not If

    Stomp out cancer is a campaign with the hashtag #stompoutcancer.   Cancer survivors from OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital joined Nike and UofO to help create the uniforms the Ducks wore for Stomp Out Cancer.   Their efforts are a ray or hope for everyone crossing the line from cancer treatment to cancer survivor. […]

PREPARE FOR A DOCTOR VISIT

Do you get in shape for your doctor visit? For too many men it takes an force of nature to schedule a doctor visit. Women, not so much. That force of nature is called a wife after she makes an appointment two months away. She knows you’ll go; you know you’ll go. How you show […]

24HR FITNESS vs $20

BETTING AGAINST THE ARMY AT THE OSU WALL? 1. Why does Oregon State University have a Marine Corps obstacle course near Gill Coliseum? Because OSU serves the Army, Marine, Navy, and Air Force ROTC. 2. Why would one former wrestler with a bad wing bet another he couldn’t climb over the red wall with the big yellow […]

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boomer years

LAST BEER CALL? MAKE IT THE BEST LAST BEER

      (Part I of two.) The Last Beer Call Champion: Breakside Brewery IPA. After traveling coast to coast, Breakside blew the competition away. Drinking every beer in Portland since Grant’s and Red Hook were the only new beers on the rack shows how good Breakside is. Call it scientific research. You want to […]

THE DAY DRUGS STOPPED WORKING? NEVER

  The last place you want to go after the drugs stopped. The drugs stopped working at a mom and pop funeral parlor where the owners lived upstairs. A shiny metal coffin sat in the chapel with a beautiful young woman inside. She wore a conservative suit, the sort of clothes that get people hired […]

ALL DOGS MATTER, NORTH BEND BULLDOGS MATTER MORE

  Of all mascots, North Bend Bulldogs rise to the top.   You probably heard this before? “You may forget names and faces, but you’ll never forget how you felt being there.” North Bend is where the ‘there’ is. It started early. Those lucky enough to finish their primary and secondary education in one place […]

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buckle up

PORTLAND MOVE REVIEW: WHERE TO LOOK

Things look different before a Portland move. The Portland move is actually a move to Portland, not the Portland of California, the Portland of the midwest, or the Portland of the South. Call it the Portland of Portland. But where do you start with someone else in the car planning a Portland move?

SHOW UP LATE? APOLOGIZE AND PROMISE TO JUMP

      I’m sorry I’m late.  

PORTLAND 1980: HOW TO SETTLE IN A NEW TOWN

    One song stuck with me on the bus ride from NYC to Portland 1980: The second verse of Lodi, by Creedence Clearwater:   I rode in on the Greyhound I’ll be walkin’ out if I go I was just passin’ through Must be seven seven months or more Ran out of time and […]

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