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HOW TO DATE THE STANLEY CUP IN PORTLAND

March 22, 2014 by

Spending Time With The Most Elusive Trophy In The World. Back when I wrote a post on Portland hockey, history boss Kerry Tymchuk said the Oregon Historical Society was bringing the Stanley Cup to town. It was a little hush-hush. Things could go wrong in that deal and everyone hoping to see it would be […]

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MARRIED TO A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR AND FEELING FINE

March 20, 2014 by

Life with a professional person, like a lawyer, doctor, or engineer, means you’ll talk about their work. These are people who dedicate their lives to a bigger purpose. They right wrongs, cure ills, and create modern miracles. At least that’s the idea. It’s part of the deal, and it’s interesting. You know this going in. Things […]

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WHEN OLD SCENERY GETS A BIRD’S EYE VIEW

March 15, 2014 by

Seeing Is Believing If you get sick, you quarantine yourself. Either you don’t want to get others sick, or you don’t want to hear them ask, “How do you feel,” over and over. Eventually you want to get out of the sick house. In Oregon you’re only a few miles away from spectacular scenery. It […]

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WHEN PERSONAL HISTORY GETS BLURRED

March 3, 2014 by

BLAME THE CAMERA Before selfies you had to trust someone else with the job. Some shots worked out better than others. On this day Senator Hatfield traveled to NW 14th and Everett in Portland, Oregon. He came to deliver his papers to the Oregon Historical Society. What was it like meeting one of Oregon’s greats? […]

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Ben Affleck or George Clooney, A Monumental Man Dilemma

January 25, 2014 by

Which Actor / Director / Producer Works Best For The Next Epic WWII Script? Here on the outskirts of civilization the choice of who would do Flying Home justice grows more complicated. Both Affleck and Clooney won Oscars for producing Argo. Both know Hollywood inside out. George seems to like people for who they are, not what they […]

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Powell’s Books, Phillip Margolin, And Worthy Brown’s Daughter

January 23, 2014 by

Listen to a man say he writes but only took one college writing class. He admits to grinding out a C+, then says he’d like to talk to an MFA fiction expert one day to learn how writing really works. The same man tried writing historical fiction for thirty years. He took one history class. If the main question of history is, […]

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When Baby Boomers Need Advice They Ask Boomers. How About You

December 18, 2013 by

Every month a group meets to discuss their entrepreneurial progress. Why? Because there’s something magical about belonging to a group of motivated people breaking new ground. Most are baby boomers, or have the spirit. They’ve broken new ground, old ground, and everything else most of their lives. If they’re not all boomers, then they’ve earned […]

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OHS Shows ‘What They Did’

December 13, 2013 by

On a wicked cold December night a man lectured from the stage of the First Congregational Church in downtown Portland. James Swanson spoke to a full house, breaking down the Kennedy assassination moment by moment from his book ‘END OF DAYS, The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.’ Swanson followed the characters and events from fifty […]

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Boomerpdx Remembers Historian Thomas Vaughan

December 8, 2013 by

Most baby boomers who’ve worked for important companies never meet the big guy. You apply, go through human resources, or the personnel office, meet the department head, co-workers, and go at it for the next few decades. Thomas Vaughan met everyone before they got with the Oregon Historical Society program. He made it personal. How […]

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Portland Tech Town Makes Room For Startup Weekend

November 22, 2013 by

Portland, Oregon, the ultimate startup, began with a coin flip. The coin was a penny, a big penny, but still a penny. One man’s loss was another man’s city name. Boston, Oregon never sounds right. Since then, Portland’s been fertile ground for startups large and small. First the big, then the bigger to really big.

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