Raw Story posted a gun column about white men and guns. It was the sort of gun talk white men with guns shouldn’t identify with. “White men stockpile guns because they’re scared of black people and feel inadequate, science says.” That’s the rawstory title. It’s raw, but even more, it’s lazy, but a site called […]
Smart Boston Loves Boomerpdx Portland But It’s Not Enough
October 7, 2017 by
Smart Boston got it’s name by being smart. No news there, not when the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education list of top colleges came out Wednesday, September 27th, 2017. Do we all agree that the WSJ/THE poll helps smart Boston? With two of the top three colleges in town, there’s […]
Blog Relaunch Shoots Blanks, Misses Writing Target
September 1, 2017 by
Thinking of starting a blog, relaunching a blog? Good. If you’re a writer, then I’m talking to you. Whether you dabble with words, put a few things on paper, or carve out time to organize the book you’ve been writing the past few years, it’s you. The world of bloggers, columnists, […]
A PERSONAL BLOG FOR PUBLIC TIMES
August 14, 2017 by
Personal blog speaks to the heart, not the wallet. I see this on blogs all the time, maybe you do too. “LEARN TO SELL, ADVERTISE.” “LEARN TO ATTRACT MORE TRAFFIC.” “LEARN TO CREATE CLASSES TO TEACH OTHERS TO SELL AND ADVERTISE AND ATTRACT MORE TRAFFIC.” It’s all good, but doesn’t it sound like it […]
STATES ON THE PODIUM FOR AN OREGON BLOG ABOUT NOTHING
May 2, 2017 by
These states read a blog about nothing. Is yours on it? The biggest problem with people coming to America is they show up without a good grip on their new place. How can anyone expect immigrants and refugees to know American states? Some of them come running for their lives. They’ve been on the track […]
OVERSHARING, TMI, SETTING NEW BOUNDARIES FOR CHANGE
January 21, 2017 by
Oversharing the wrong thing for the right reason. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times? You might want to ask why you keep hearing the same thing. Either you haven’t changed, or the people telling you the same thing haven’t change. If the same person keeps telling you the same […]
PRESIDENT OBAMA LETTER TO OREGON’S BOOMER BLOGGER
January 18, 2017 by
Fan letter delivers President Obama letter. What happens after you write a fan letter to the President of the United States? You like their act so you write them to say so. Then forget about it. They’re not looking for a new best friend. Besides he’s got Joe Biden. The memorable part was […]
SUSTAINABLE FARMING TALKS TO SUSTAINABLE ADDICTION
September 2, 2016 by
Sustainable Addiction doesn’t listen to anyone but their Jones. You know you’ve got a hard charging audience like Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms when you write a post about them, send them the link, post it on Facebook with tags, and you end up with the biggest hitting post of the year. And it’s only […]
THOMAS WOLFE STYLE WITH ASHEVILLE LAUNDRY
August 13, 2016 by
What is Thomas Wolfe Style? Keep reading. Here in Thomas Wolfe’s hometown, I mean Asheville, as much a home as he ever had since he liked to keep moving, I’m doing laundry at the Dixieland Laundry on a Friday afternoon. From the looks of things I’m probably the only washer headed back to Grove Park […]
