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CLEANING UP QUARTZ DUST – WHERE TO START

Cleaning up a mess, any mess, has a certain order. But not everyone knows where to start. Is there a starting point? Continue reading:

LIVING THAT NEW LIFE

A new life is more than losing weight and getting a tan. More than new shoes and low socks. More than a gold chain and a green neck. What’s the new life deal this time?

METH FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR ESTATE SALE

‘Meth friendly’ is a special kind of friendship. It’s a friendship between neighbors when the deliveries and pickups happen between 10 pm and 4 am. Call it a friendship of the night.

FRAGILE CONDITIONS FOR A HAPPY LIFE

Fragile conditions lay all around us but we never notice until fragile turns into broken. Speak up too early and you’re ‘One Of Them’, a worry wort, or attention whore, or you’ve too much time on your hands, kind of person. I’ve seen a message, maybe you too, that life on earth is dependent on […]

PORTLAND HOBBY FOR CITY SLICKERS

A Portland hobby is what suburban living turns into. “Let’s go downtown and take a spin around the river,” means one thing: Park in the garage near the Hawthorne Bridge, walk over to the Eastside promenade / Eastbank Esplanade, cross the Steel Bridge, and walk up Waterfront Park. The eastside walk puts a good light on […]

SERIOUS PEOPLE KNOW RESULTS FOR BAD BEHAVIOR

Serious people don’t all walk around in their academic garb. You won’t find them all on TV or radio. Sometimes a serious man or woman is just down the street. Not my street, but some street in another neighborhood. Why?

BLOG ANNIVERSARY WITH 2500TH POST TODAY

Like any anniversary, from birthday to wedding to funeral, a blog anniversary marks time. From gym reviews to book reviews, restaurant reviews to David review, I’ve laid it down. On good days and bad days, I’ve laid it down. From joy to heartbreak, I’ve laid it down. And not once, not one sentence in one […]