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BLAZER LILLARD ERASES BAD PORTLAND MEMORIES

Ask any sports fan and they’ll tell you: are the most lasting memories of your team the wins or the losses? Because once the fan base gets used to winning, the losing always shocks. Every Cowboy fan knows this. The same with Oregon Duck football fans from 2010’s Auburn cheat game win. That was a […]

Portland Welcome Mat: How To Walk Around Downtown Portland

    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 […]

Sasquatch Music Festival, Travel Therapy and Spa, Part 1

    I collect things. Experiences, memories, a garage and crawl space full of important things saved for important people.   It’s almost like I haven’t heard the big news that kids don’t want their parents’ important stuff yet. Even bigger news? I have heard some parents share new memories with their kids instead of […]

FAILING MEMORIES, ENHANCED THOUGHT, BOOMER BRAIN

Failing memories include a list of golden moments that show up online more often than it should. They’re supposed to invoke a better time, but for the wrong reasons. Someone needs to set it straight, but who? Could be you if you saw the television shows first hand, been alive for events, and remember. The […]

MOTHER’S DAY EVERY DAY FOR MOMMA’S BOYS

When we were kids we used to ask the same question on Mother’s Day. “When is Kid’s Day?” We’d get the same answer. “Every day is Kid’s Day. We can’t ask about Mother’s Day now that she’s gone, but we can take Kid’s Day and move on over to Momma.