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MISSING PORTLAND FOUND

August 22, 2026 by Leave a Comment

I asked Big Paul about missing Portland and he set me straight. “It’s not missing.” “It is if you can’t find it.” “Then you need to look harder.”

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THE ART AND CRAFT OF DODGING RESPONSIBILITIES

August 29, 2025 by

Dodging responsibilities for a picture is not what my pal Bill Shonley and I do. He’s met a ton of people so getting a shot was no big deal. To him; it was a big deal to me. It’s one of my favorites. We’re both Blazers fans, though I’ve cooled off since Big Red took […]

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THUNDER ROAD ON NW LOVEJOY, PORTLAND

January 7, 2022 by

Thunder Road is a map of the love/hate relationship I’ve felt for Bruce Springsteen since 1975. I love that Bruuuuuce has persevered beyond all expectations. I hate the decision I made when Mary Anne in the Philadelphia clinic invited me along with her friends to see the local phenom across the river in New Jersey. […]

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BIKE RIDING THROUGH LIFE: YOU CRASH AND YOU GET UP

December 1, 2019 by

The big part of bike riding, of biking, is staying upright, staying balanced. Is it a stretch to say the same thing about life and the experiences we collect along the way. We take the good and the bad, and remember the bike we were on; we remember the path we were on and what […]

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TIME MOVES ON WITH A DEGREE OF SADNESS

August 30, 2019 by

Time moves on when you see is a collection of kid bikes, the same collection Toys R Us sold. The same bikes the rich kids rode, the hand-me-down bikes, and the bikes kids rode into teen hood. Lots of bikes going one place: The scrap yard.

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