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PROCESS MATTERS WHEN YOU WANT TO GET SOMEPLACE

Process matters if you’re going places, or want to go. It matters even when you don’t plan on going anywhere, because plans or not, you’re heading places. The pull of time drags us all along, kicking and screaming, fearful and spooked, and never loosens up. Don’t want to go? Too bad, you’re still going. Process […]

BEER HERE: CELEBRATING THE END OF LEAF SEASON

The beer here needs a refresher from the Olde Country. How olde? Belgium old, German old, Czech old. That old. Maybe the oldest? Since it was a celebration for the end of Leaf Season, the beer here had to be extra special.

BEER DRINKING THE HARD WAY WITH A FAIR FATHER

Most times, when it comes to beer drinking, you need a plan. The easy part is when and where. Then it gets tougher. Which beer to drink has become an identity check. In a place like Portland Beer City, a beer identity means everything. Beer cred means never getting caught with a commercial light beer. […]

SMALL JOBS BRING BIG RESULTS LATER

A Navy admiral told a group of graduates the key to success begins with completing small jobs. What he told Texas grads was, “Make your bed.” Not an impossible task, not since your mom told you to make your bed. Now an admiral. So mom was right on target.

SELF CARE, THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB

Self care showed up in more places during the covid lockdown, and even more with reopening unfolding across the country. Most advice serves to create calm in the chaos, instead of just cutting and chopping willy-nilly. A smaller voice says, “Have another beer and see how that works,” but let’s look at psychology today instead.

DRY JANUARY? START NOW, PARTY LATER

Dry January, or No Drink January, came as a surprise. One of my favorite booze-hounds came up with it before I’d ever heard of it. “I’m thinking of doing a dry January,” he said.

GOING FULL BOOMER: WHAT IT IS

Full boomer is not a goal to achieve, it is a scene to avoid. How do I know this? Evidence, I have evidence, and it’s not something I read, or saw on TV.

HALVE MAAN BREWERY, BRUGGE, BELGIUM

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 […]

PROCESS MATTERS WHEN YOU WANT TO GET SOMEPLACE

BEER HERE: CELEBRATING THE END OF LEAF SEASON

BEER DRINKING THE HARD WAY WITH A FAIR FATHER

DRINK BEER OUTSIDE? FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM 10 BARREL

SMALL JOBS BRING BIG RESULTS LATER

SELF CARE, THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB

DRY JANUARY IN PORTLAND OREGON WITHOUT THE JITTERS

DRY JANUARY? START NOW, PARTY LATER

GOING FULL BOOMER: WHAT IT IS

HALVE MAAN BREWERY, BRUGGE, BELGIUM

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