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BELIEF TO DISBELIEF, AND BACK

October 13, 2025 by

Belief to disbelief in anything you see, touch, or feel, is a short trip. First you hear something you like and it’s all, “Hell yeah, brudder.” But real life happens, as it does, and what you’ve heard comes to fruition. It’s not what you expect? Your inner-immature critic says, ‘F-that. No one asked for that.’ […]

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BIG OREGON QUESTIONS, ONE ANSWER

October 11, 2025 by

Oregon questions don’t come one at a time. Like the mountain that blew all over our northern neighbor, things tend to percolate. When they do go, they go big. Whether it’s heartfelt outrage over farmland sold off for developers to rape and pillage with grocery stores, restaurants, and super efficient mixed-use housing, or the joy […]

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RESTFUL SLEEP FOR BETTER DAYS

October 10, 2025 by

For those who wonder about the benefit of restful sleep, stay up a little longer and keep reading. If you’re not on schedule for a solid eight hours of sleep, with power naps mixed in, keep reading. There is something keeping you up, something you can’t put your finger on, or step on, but what? […]

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PARIS OREGON IF YOU SQUINT HARD ENOUGH

October 8, 2025 by

Paris, Oregon is located on SW Ankeny Alley in Portland. All it needs are three times as many outdoor tables and chairs and wait staff with the navigational skills to swing trays of food and drinks between them without dumping on anyone’s head. It would work better with a wider road and more foot traffic, […]

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PORTLAND INSURGENTS ON THE MOVE

October 6, 2025 by

Portland insurgents need careful constant monitoring. They are as unpredictable in their actions as a local weather forecast. One minute everything is nice and peaceful, then they unleash more hell than the battles in Gladiator. Their weapons of choice are either beak, or wing. Once they get close enough to strike, it’s too late for […]

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OREGON EMPATHY IN THE WILD WEST

October 5, 2025 by

Oregon empathy is all we’re asking for from our border states and beyond. Try and feel what it’s like to be in our shoes. We’re trying to stand up to the harsh words and divisive actions aimed directly at our way of life, but for how long? How many more pumpkins must go to rot […]

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THE OTHER PORTLAND OREGON

September 28, 2025 by

The other Portland once had a reputation as a place for rich hippies to retire young and send their kids to Reed College. If that was the 70’s those kids might be fifty or sixty years old; thirty or forty if they started a family late, or decided to have more than one family. Since […]

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THE PAPER CEILING FIRE

September 27, 2025 by

You’ve heard of the ‘paper ceiling?’ No? Now you have. “Millions of workers with in-demand skills and experience, overlooked for higher-wage jobs because they don’t have a bachelor’s degree.” They don’t have a bachelor’s degree? Like that’s the ticket for a good life?

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STEP UP, STEP OUT, SOONER THAN LATER

September 26, 2025 by

Step up to the standard of steps, which from most voices is around ten thousand a day. 10K? How can that be? Where does that happen? This is one example of how and where it might.

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TRY ME? EVERY FATHER’S HOPE

September 25, 2025 by

“I’ve got three boys,” a former football star said. “I’ve got to stay in shape because they’re going to try me.” Try me? Do we all know what that means? Probably not if you didn’t try your Dad. But you did. Right? You did? How did that work out for you? How does it ever […]

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