The numbers aren’t good, but they are surprising. Australia found boomerpdx and lead the world outside America in racking up hits here, which makes me happy. Twenty seven other countries made the hard trip here along with twenty eight American states. I’m glad to see the number of states and countries keeping pace with […]
LADY DAY PLAYS BOOMERPDX BAR AND GRILL
June 14, 2018 by
“Most men won’t go to live theater with their wives,” was an observation my wife shared. We were walking out of Portland Center Stage at the Armory on NW 11th by Powell’s Tuesday night when she said it. I was revved up after seeing LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL. “Did I ever thank […]
AUTHOR PHOTOS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS? Pt.3
March 18, 2018 by
Demonstrate how a book works? You can hold it, turn pages, but a book works in other ways. They hold doors open, shine light, give hope. An author thinks they’ve done one thing, but a reader takes it another way, which is the magic of book. We get to make […]
DEMOCRAT PARTY OFFICIAL WEBSITE PHONE CALL
February 16, 2018 by
I got the call last night from the Democrat Party, and like a story that goes public after signing non-disclosure statements, I felt a sense of freedom. The phone call on my land line, yes I still have a land line, was a money call. One hundred dollars was the starting point. […]
CANCER MEMOIR FROM SMART GUY WITH HPV CANCER, AND IT’S NOT ME
December 3, 2017 by
Michael D. Becker wrote his cancer memoir titled ‘A Walk With Purpose.’ By all accounts he’s lived a life with purpose, so the walking with purpose stuff is expected. He walks with purpose, so do you. So do I. We all walk with purpose. If not we’re just wandering around aimless, without […]
Writing Advice To Colin Kaepernick From Boomerpdx
November 1, 2017 by
Who is writing books, or more accurately, who writes books that people read? A book no one reads is like a tree falling in the forest when no one’s around. Does it make a noise? One thing we know for sure, Colin Kaepernick has made a noise. By not saying anything. […]
Oregon Loggers Work In The Woods Singing Johnny Cash
August 28, 2017 by
Tillamook State Forest has plenty of trees, and plenty of piles made by Oregon loggers. Visitors from around the world need to see the beauty of Oregon, and the clear cuts. A close up view. One belongs to the other. I wouldn’t advise anyone going into a working coal mine, but why […]
CHRIS COLEMAN, ASTORIA, A WORLD PREMIERE
February 3, 2017 by
From Washington Irving to Peter Stark to Chris Coleman, Astoria never looked better. History readers are a funny bunch. They range from professional historians to hobbyists to just people looking for something to engage them. Then there’s Chris Coleman, Artistic Director for Portland Center Stage at The Armory, and Director of Astoria. What […]
BUSY HANDS TELL THIS STORY
October 20, 2016 by
Hers were busy hands. She was a woman who did more than she took credit for, gave all she had, then made more. Joan needed busy hands. A baker’s daughter, she learned lessons early; how to mix and cook and clean up afterwards was in her DNA. Memories shot through a hospital room in a […]
