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NORTHWEST LOVEJOY, PORTLAND OREGON

May 17, 2025 by

Northwest Lovejoy is where my current life began. That’s where I met my wife to be. She was walking up the sidewalk in a blue summer dress. I was talking to a new guy in the neighborhood who turned out to be her boyfriend. It was an auspicious beginning; I met a lot of people […]

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HUMAN ZOO OF SATURDAY PARKING

May 11, 2025 by

I joined the human zoo on Saturday, a clear sky, warm weather, Oregon Zoo day with wife, kids, and grandkids. We weren’t alone. By 11 o’clock Lots A, B, C were all full. Was I flashing back to past parking nightmares? Maybe a little after driving a thousand miles in England, but I had a […]

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PORTLAND REVIEW FROM I-5 SOUTH IN THE BACKSEAT

April 26, 2025 by

  Portland review coming off 84 toward the Burnside Bridge.

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WARNING SIGNS TO WOMEN LOOKING FOR RED FLAGS

April 24, 2025 by

Warning signs for women come in all shapes and sizes from stop signs to rip tide signs to the groovy ‘What’s your sign’ guy. Some of the signs are lifestyle related, like the above picture. Would you guess this is how women interpret how guys would live without them, or some guy’s dream house. Either […]

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CLEAN SLATE? IT’S NOT TOO LATE

April 20, 2025 by

The clean slate, the fresh start, is possible every day. Start over, begin again, it happens every day. That’s a picture from the night I met The Schonz. He was a sassy old bird with a firm grip. He gave me a clean slate for any other famous Portlander I might meet.

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PUBLIC BLOG, PRIVATE READERS

April 19, 2025 by

Dear Friends, I’ve come to realize that writing a public blog is a time hog. According to an expert (wife), it’s not normal. And I don’t disagree. But I like it. Sound familiar?

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EDUCATION STEPS UP, HARVARD ROARS

April 15, 2025 by

Education steps up when Harvard slams it down. No defeat baby, no surrender. No retreat. Today, with Harvard’s statement, their decree, their promise to not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights, we are all Harvard People. Without the student loan problems.

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WALK AWAY PEOPLE? KEEP WALKING

April 4, 2025 by

The problem with walk away people is what they leave behind: their mess. Someone will do the clean-up, just not them. They’re too busy. Not too busy walking, too busy making their next mess. There’s always something funny about them:

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RIVER VIEW CEMETERY WITH THE BELOVED

April 3, 2025 by

The River View Cemetery in Portland, Oregon held a burial service on Wednesday. Friends, family, and those who knew the deceased gathered. It was as heartfelt and touching as anything I’ve seen for a life well lived. If you’re planning a ceremony for a loved one, or yourself, this was a blueprint. But there’s a […]

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LOOKING BACK AT THE BEGINNING

March 23, 2025 by

Looking back can be dangerous, in an embarrassing way. The 80’s were a time of tight shorts in the NBA, and Crater Lake. That’s me with my girlfriend’s dog on a summer fashion shoot, a single man loose in the wild. I married that particular girlfriend. We were wedding bound after this trip.

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