Wild life is what you might see on a safari, or a drive from Portland to Bend. Or your front yard if you live in the woods where deer come to the door. Living a wild life is not the same. Living wild takes so much energy. Being wild is a tiring option […]
BIRD WHISPERER OF TUALATIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
November 27, 2017 by
Try and count the times you’ve learned something new only to find it something as old as time. And you didn’t learn anything new at all except for being wrong about what you thought you knew. Like birds. A bird whisperer visited the wildlife sanctuary just past the junkyard on Highway 99 before Sherwood […]
American Football Matters More Now Than Ever Before
October 1, 2017 by
American football players at every level are our betters. From Pop Warner to the NFL they show us how to get up after being knocked down, how to play after a painful hit, and how to listen. Even with helmets and pads and identifying uniforms, American football is a hurting game. Helmet […]
ONE POINT LOSS ENDS OREGON DUCK SEASON
April 2, 2017 by
The last game of the year turns Oregon Duck season sour at Final Four Get to the Final Four and lose, and you’re a loser. Get to the championship game and lose? You’re still a loser. If you don’t defend your championship the next season you’re a loser. See how often you can […]
OREGON DUCKS FLOCKER ROOM REVEALED
October 10, 2016 by
Not quitters, not winners, who are the Oregon Ducks now? Local sports radio reported a split in the Oregon Ducks locker room. If it’s a split, that means there’s two locker rooms. The winning side is the flocker room where the team builds a winning culture; the other side is a college locker room, any […]
FATHER’S DAY LONG REMEMBERED
June 20, 2016 by
My wife’s dad passed away when she was nineteen. That’s him with his eyes wide open. Looks like a fun guy. From all reports he was a fun guy. Outgoing, loud, opinionated. He’d have fit right in with my group. He moved to America from England with a stop in Canada along with his wife […]
A NEW WORLD OF SPORTS
October 14, 2015 by
The New World Of Sports Forgot This? The world of sports turns at the same speed for everyone, though the Oregon Duck football season seems to spin faster than other seasons. And it should. You get that in a sport with fewer games, greater risk, and rabid enthusiasm than other sports. It goes even further. […]
STEPPING ON YOUR DUCK FOOTBALL?
September 29, 2015 by
Oregon Football Stepped On Their Duck. Now What? Watching the Ducks fly south at Autzen was a shocker that’s settling in slowly. That it was the worst defeat since the 1977 season was an unwanted reminder of dark Duck days. As a UofO student in 1977 high scores for the other team didn’t feel as […]
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2015: OHIO STATE vs THE FIELD
September 9, 2015 by
Only one group gets to knock the defending national champion in big school college football. Alabama stays down after the Ohio State Buckeyes rolled them in last year’s semi-final at the New Orleans Super Dome. Florida State, the defending champ in 2014, got run out of the Rose Bowl. No word from them. That leaves […]
HOW TO RAISE SPORTS FANS
August 12, 2015 by
Is It Nature Or Nurture For Sports Fans? A friend of mine left town recently. Not a huge sports fan, but he knows the meaning of team. He’d never say he’s taking one for the team, but he might be. He’s moving to be closer to his grandchildren. That’s an important step many take, but […]
