page contents Google

HISTORY WORK NEVER ENDS FOR THE CURIOUS

December 8, 2023 by

Doing history work where you live is the only way to get to your happy place. Or at least you’ll know where you are. The Oregon Historical Society’s downtown Portland history museum is just the place. But first ask yourself, “Am I curious?” If you read boomerpdx regularly, you pass the curious test. Take this […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

HAPPY PLACES, BECAUSE WE NEED MORE THAN ONE

September 18, 2020 by

Happy places hard to find? It’s the virus pandemic, the lockdown, broiling temperatures, and forest fires. It’s the political right, political left, the politically disconnected. It’s President Trump, former VP Joe Biden, and the specter of a stealth third party candidate swaying the vote. Anyone but you, right? You’d be in your happy places if […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , ,