How old were you when you first heard it? My memory says I was a seven year old who couldn’t field a grounder after my last ‘bad hop’ bounced off my face. I wasn’t technically afraid of the ball, except I was afraid of what the ball might do. When one of the baseball fields […]
DANGEROUS PLACES #1: MATERNITY WARD
August 18, 2023 by
Dangerous places are pretty obvious. Who doesn’t have a list of them. Here in Oregon, land of the great outdoors, we have plenty of danger. But, instead of a list picturing the grandeur and beauty of this great state, then spoiling if by saying climate change makes it all dangerous, let’s work a little harder.
BLOG PROPERTY: OPEN THE GATE
July 20, 2023 by
Blog property, like any property, has boundaries. Once you start, then what? Keep it moving, keep it current, keep it interesting. No one wants readers who drift off thinking, ‘That’s ten wasted minutes of my life I’ll never get back.’
PORTLAND SURVEY ASKS: SO WHAT?
June 7, 2023 by
This Portland survey asks one question: Who is moving to Portland? More important, who is staying? People have opinions, none very favorable. I’m here to work on it.
WILDFLOWER WALKS IN THE LOCAL WILDERNESS
April 16, 2023 by
Wildflower walks after a wet spring? Don’t go too early. I found this flower and not much else. What I did find was even better.
HOMEWARD BOUND ON HAWAIIAN WATERS
March 30, 2023 by
I felt homeward bound with my head underwater and breathing though a snorkel. No, I wasn’t drowning, just mingling with the fish on Kauai. Lots of fish everyday. So many that you could miss those swimming just under the surface, so look up.
SINGING ALONG, OR ALONE, BUT SING IT
February 22, 2023 by
When is the last time you were singing along with anyone outside of church? Chances are it’s been a while if you’re not churched, or not in a band. Is it because you don’t have a song to sing? We can fix that. But it’s more than lack of a song, isn’t it?
DON’T CARE, OR CARE, THERE IS NO TRY
January 28, 2023 by
If you don’t care about something, stay off the soapbox. Save your big talk for something you care about, we’ll figure out the rest. Once you’ve been around the block a few times it gets easier to care than not care. Why, you ask?
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS WINDOW ON BOOMERPDX
July 19, 2022 by
Contributing writers on this blog start in comments. I invite people to leave comments. If you have an opinion on a post, leave a comment. When you have more feelings than a comment can hold, think about being a contributing writer. Here’s the deal:
BOOK HISTORY: LIVE IT THEN WRITE IT
January 29, 2020 by
Book history could be about the printing press, except books existed before the printing press. Just not as many, and not all in Europe.
