To start, I like beer. I seek out beer. New beer, old beer, good beer, or bad, I want to know more about beer. The Halve Mann brewery took me to school. Portland, Oregon beer has had a bad month, including the recent brewery closings. This link to Willamette Week lists the sad news for […]
GREAT WRITERS ON GREAT LAKE TAHOE FIND THEIR VOICE
May 9, 2017 by
“To breathe the same air as the angels, you must go to Tahoe” -Mark Twain Emerald Bay, CA side That’s how it feels on the wild side in the time of Twain. Readers will have a much deeper appreciation for Mark Twain and the Lake Tahoe region, a place where he found his […]
BAD TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY SECRETS REVEALED
April 17, 2017 by
Find the right cluster of furniture piled behind a steel fence. If it carries an association with a famous author, all the better. Frame it in and push the button. All done, right? Photography secrets are in plain sight in this example. The fence distorts the view. The frame’s too small to read anything. It […]
AUTHOR FANHOOD NEEDED FOR BOOMERS
September 14, 2016 by
If you’re a grown up adult, show your author fanhood. You have a favorite athlete, movie star? A favorite politician and king. Why not a favorite author? Where’s your author fanhood? It’s not that big a deal, and it doesn’t make you a pretentious phony. Fanhood reaches all areas of life, why not authors? College […]
WRITING CLASS: THOMAS WOLFE ON BOOMERPDX
August 30, 2016 by
Who needs a writing class? Everyone needs a writing class. Written by a baby boomer blogger, this writing class strikes to the heart of communication in written words. It’s a Writing Class, not talking class. Talking comes after writing class. First think about what you are writing, then write. Afterwards find someone to talk about […]
THOMAS WOLFE PACK ON THE PORCH
August 26, 2016 by
If you don’t live in a state with a celebrated novelist, go to North Carolina and Thomas Wolfe. This is dark suited Thomas Wolfe, author of Look Homeward Angel, not white suited Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Same neighborhood, North Carolina and Virginia, but different eras. That Thomas Wolfe was such […]
PORTLAND OF THE SOUTH PT. 2: KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
August 10, 2016 by
An ongoing series about Asheville, NC, Portland of the South pt. 2. In Portland, Oregon, going under the Morrison Bridge at midnight for southern food seems like a good idea every time. Yes, it’s dark, there are homeless tents scattered around, but Montage is still Portland. Park and go on in. If it was any […]
