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WHAT MAKES A GREAT BURGER?

July 8, 2024 by

A great burger is a matter of timing. If you haven’t eaten all day anything would be great. That last thing you ate was a little off so you’ve been looking forward to the next meal. This burger fought through adversity to land on greatness.

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MAKING TIME TO SHARE TIME

July 7, 2024 by

Making time for this, for that, but we still run out of time. On the run? From a Beaverton Farmers Market morning to a Waterfront Blues Festival evening, all the different faces turned into a blur. Some faces, not all.

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BLUE PORTLAND IN STAGES

July 6, 2024 by

Blue Portland is like a blues band. You don’t start at the main stage in the Waterfront Blues Festival. You don’t always have a limousine ready to jump into after playing your set. That’s Portland carrying its guitar in a gunnysack, headed on down to the railroad tracks.

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DOWNTOWN PORTLAND OREGON ON A FAMILY SATURDAY NIGHT

June 23, 2024 by

Traveling to downtown Portland for a visit, for a look-around? But you’ve seen the news, the tents, the drugs, the crime. So have I. It’s a red flag, but not this time. We took a chance to claim, or reclaim, the Rose City as our own.

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HOME STRETCH FROM LONDON TO PORTLAND

June 7, 2024 by

The home stretch is the payoff for travelers. Under budget, on time, no lost passports or ID? Check. Spend the last night in London relaxing and resting up for the nine hour flight in the morning? Wouldn’t that make sense? Resting up to sit for nine hours? Or . . .

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LAST ROOM AT THE END OF THE LINE

June 3, 2024 by

The last room of a six stop roadie through England is the most expensive per square foot. It’s an impressive number due to the square feet. The smallest of the six, it’s on Bayswater, a half a block from the Notting Hill Gate into Hyde Park. Queen-sized bed in a queen-size bed slot tight enough […]

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FRAGILE MEN CLUB? YOU’RE ALREADY SIGNED UP

April 24, 2024 by

Fragile men had no place in Western American history stories about the savage frontier and cruel hardships. Nor in the early industrialization with mighty oil, steel, and railroad barons casting their deepening shadows across the land. Writers found other virtues to extoll other than common frailties. The western frontier needed stories of valor and sacrifice […]

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FEELING JAMMED FOR TIME? AND EVERYTHING ELSE

April 22, 2024 by

I’m feeling jammed for time when I hear this in my brain: “I’m late, I’m late! For a very important date! No time to say ‘hello, goodbye,’ I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!” “Be  On  Time,” is my mantra. I’m saying it right now. (beontime beontime beontime) Can’t hurt but,  ??????

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HARD LOVE DADDY ON A HEALTH KICK

April 16, 2024 by

I saw hard love work on my Dad after he got his heart fixed. No smoking for the old chimney. The doc said it, the family said it, the friends said it. You’d say it too.

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HAIR STYLE AND MORE: THE ‘HAIRAPIST’ IS IN

March 20, 2024 by

Hair style is a lifestyle for Debbie McRoberts. For thirty-two years she’s been beautifying Oregon one head at a time. And listening to all who sit in her chair. Her motto: “What’s Said In The Chair Stays In The Chair.”

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