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FROM CENTRAL OREGON SMOKE TO PORTLAND AIR

August 8, 2026 by Leave a Comment

To anyone who has gone over the mountain from the valley to Central Oregon, this is the last thing you ever want to see. It’s forest fire smoke, brush fire smoke, doing its scorched earth best to show the power of fire. Not fire-power, the sort of thing you can start and end, but Mother […]

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LOYAL MEN FROM OREGON COAST TO MOUNTAINS

July 10, 2022 by

Loyal men used to do one thing: pledge and hold their allegiance to family and nation. It used to be a point of pride, like being a Dallas Cowboys fan. America’s Team, or just another outfit that can’t get out of its own way? How can we stay out of our own way?

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Air Oregon My Oregon Paradise West Of Cascades

August 27, 2017 by

      For a moment let’s skip the romanticized view of the state. The brown patches across these images are clear cut lumber sections, replanted with more trees. Why are they brown? It’s not because of brown trees. Air Oregon shows too much.   Oregon, My Oregon via Oregon Blue Book, music by Henry […]

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OREGON v ARIZONA PT 1: STATE FACE OFF SERIES

June 14, 2017 by

Despite news fakery to the contrary, the sun does shine in Oregon. It’s an elusive beam natives flock to like mosquitoes to a zapper. Not the same in Arizona where people hide in shade half the year, and no mosquitoes. The trade off is a raincoat or sunscreen, the smart gear every Snowbird packs in […]

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