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BASHING CIVIL DISCOURSE TO NEW HEIGHTS

How often do you catch yourself in civil discourse and regret what you’ve said?

It usually goes something like, ‘this would have been better if I had just stayed on topic.’

That’s the polite self-talk. The other?

Not so polite.

CUVÉE MOTHER’S DAY WITH CHEF GILBERT HENRY AND COMPANY

Mother’s Day grows more importance when it’s part of a masterplan.

Add a road trip with a restaurant at the end and it edges toward epic.

It goes without saying that any two lane drive through rural Washington and Yamhill County is enough to make you want to sell everything and move into a dilapidated barn in the country, it also shows what pulled pioneers out of the midwest.

A forty minute trip does all that before you walk into Chef Henry’s realm of Cuvée in Carlton.

SHARING SPECIAL DAYS, EVERY LAST ONE

Special days have special meaning which don’t hit the same for everyone.

For some it’s repeating, “Why bother,” for the fortieth time.

Others like to say, “I thought we’ve moved past all that.”

But you still find those looking for something special in every day, and keep looking until they find it. Hell or high water.

The last line is the bell ringer.

HPV16 EXPLAINED BY WASHINGTON POST, HPVANDME.ORG

There’s no fake news about HPV16 explained in the Washington Post, even if you wish it weren’t true. A story headlined, “What men should know about cancer that spreads through oral sex,” ran April 2 this year. Impressive stuff to jump start Head, Neck, and Throat Cancer Week. What should they know? What […]

DOES YOUR FAMILY HATE YOU ENOUGH? GET BUSY

Family hate means family values 0. Are you the right gender? Check early pictures to see if you’re wearing the right clothes. If you’re a guy and your baby pictures look like a girl, relax. General Douglas MacArther wore a dress and long hair as a child. It was the fashion, and it didn’t hurt […]

BREAST CANCER: A MOTHER JONES FACEBOOK POST ASKS IF ALCOHOL IS A CAUSE. WHAT ARE OTHER CANCER CAUSES?

From motherjones.com: Susan Sontag once wrote that telling people about your cancer diagnosis tends to fill them with mortal dread. But when I’ve disclosed my illness to friends and told them that alcohol can cause breast cancer, I’ve never invoked enough mortal dread to deter anyone from ordering a second drink. Most women […]

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Favorite Places: Home Sweet Home

The picture I see in my mind when I leave the house. The home fires burning, and my little dog putting out the flames. It’s her favorite carpet.

121212 And The Baby Boomer Soul

Mick Jagger’s no Baby Boomer. Too old, just like the 78 million born between 1946-1964. He showed up in 1943. This is what I heard from Mick Jagger, “We’re glad to be here, but you’ll have to do us the same favor if it rains in London.” He gets it, but it’s […]

A MAY WEDDING AND ONE LOUD, “I DO,” LATER

A May wedding in a Fir Cathedral and still in the woods thirty one years later. Doesn’t every married couple have a theme song? They should, and it doesn’t have to be the same song forever. Just make it a song older than your marriage. And no Beatles. This ought to be the common default:

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NW Boomer Travel, pt.2

From Empire To Enterprise Do you need proof that Oregon qualifies as a European nation? It’s more than the beer, but that’s a good start, ja? Oregon is one of the few states, maybe only state, that holds such a huge variety of road trips. For example, find a map and run your finger from […]

PORTLAND PLANNING VIEW FROM SOUTH WATERFRONT

Does the top pic look anything like a Portland planning Christmas card? Stacked apartments dot the SW Portland landscape like a vision of Chicago from the Sears Tower. That’s not the welcome mat Portland planning rolls out for new pioneers. Where’s that world famous food cart court next to a tap room? […]

Air Oregon My Oregon Paradise West Of Cascades

For a moment let’s skip the romanticized view of the state. The brown patches across these images are clear cut lumber sections, replanted with more trees. Why are they brown? It’s not because of brown trees. Air Oregon shows too much. Oregon, My Oregon via Oregon Blue Book, music by Henry […]

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How often do you catch yourself in civil discourse and regret what you’ve said?

It usually goes something like, ‘this would have been better if I had just stayed on topic.’

That’s the polite self-talk. The other?

Not so polite.

What’s a ruby anniversary?

We’ve all heard of the silver and golden anniversaries, but ruby?

Weddings are funny things, and now so are anniversaries.

You don’t want any missteps or mistakes, so in service to all matrimonial celebrations:

Mother’s Day grows more importance when it’s part of a masterplan.

Add a road trip with a restaurant at the end and it edges toward epic.

It goes without saying that any two lane drive through rural Washington and Yamhill County is enough to make you want to sell everything and move into a dilapidated barn in the country, it also shows what pulled pioneers out of the midwest.

A forty minute trip does all that before you walk into Chef Henry’s realm of Cuvée in Carlton.

It was a cloudy, wet, day, in May 1986 for the last wedding.

Like so many raised on the Oregon coast, a cloudy, wet, day, is good luck no matter where you are.

Everything was done, everything set in Sandy, from rented morning coats to a rented preacher.

The preacher was a second choice.

Special days have special meaning which don’t hit the same for everyone.

For some it’s repeating, “Why bother,” for the fortieth time.

Others like to say, “I thought we’ve moved past all that.”

But you still find those looking for something special in every day, and keep looking until they find it. Hell or high water.

The last line is the bell ringer.

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