One of the great things about sponsoring foreign exchange students after your own kids have been out of college for years is rolling out the welcome mat. The Portland welcome mat. And dragging everyone possible along the Portland Trail. My wagon train always starts with Saturday Market and the sort of […]
Leadership Luxury Between Laws And Lies
September 5, 2017 by
Leadership luxury on boomerpdx say if you testify in court you do it after being sworn in with the same words as anyone else who ever testified in court. I know this from watching TV, since I’ve never testified. Which I believe is a credit to the people and places I know and […]
BEAVERTON, PORTLAND’S EASTSIDE FOR ADULTS
April 1, 2017 by
Beaverton sees Portland as a necessity of suburban life. They need a city nearby But it doesn’t work the other way around. Portland sees Beaverton in the same lot as Tigard, Lake Oswego, Gresham, even Vancouver. Suburbs feeding off the urban tube. You can defend any town, but a suburb takes more thought. Start […]
PORTLAND BORN, PORTLAND WED, PORTLAND WORLD pt 2
March 22, 2016 by
Every marriage has a beginning. This is one of them. Portland Born, Portland Wed. I met my wife in early 80’s NW Portland. She was a new professional starting her first practice next to my apartment building. I should say my studio apartment, a sort of mini-pad that’s all the rage with the kids these […]
A SMALL PANEL FOR THE FULL COURT PRESS
December 5, 2014 by
Willamette Writers Heard The Word. What’s it take to get writers out of their rooms, to get them to interact with people beyond their circle of usual suspects? A Willamette Writers meeting does it every time. Cookies, coffee, and the Old Church make an enticing lure in downtown Portland. Who wouldn’t go? WW pulls membership […]
When The Lights Go Down In The City
January 17, 2014 by
The Neon Gets Better. On a cold, dark, night, a city asks for caution. Even the familiar takes on an extra foreboding. With others, or walking alone, the sound of footsteps behind you quickens your pace. Empty shadows carry secrets you don’t want to know. Some streets are just not very inviting. Even in the […]
OHS Shows ‘What They Did’
December 13, 2013 by
On a wicked cold December night a man lectured from the stage of the First Congregational Church in downtown Portland. James Swanson spoke to a full house, breaking down the Kennedy assassination moment by moment from his book ‘END OF DAYS, The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.’ Swanson followed the characters and events from fifty […]
