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OREGON VOTER REMORSE HISTORY

November 2, 2016 by

Regrets? Oregon voter has had a few. American elections seem to have the same choices: Bad and Worse. Pick one and you wish you’d picked the other. Like early pioneers’ choice of floating the Columbia River rapids, or traversing the Barlow Road, once you take one you wish you were on the other. The 2016 […]

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PORTLAND MOVE REVIEW: WHERE TO LOOK

October 29, 2016 by

Things look different before a Portland move. The Portland move is actually a move to Portland, not the Portland of California, the Portland of the midwest, or the Portland of the South. Call it the Portland of Portland. But where do you start with someone else in the car planning a Portland move?

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POLYFACE OREGON EVOLUTION

October 28, 2016 by

A state of many faces: Polyface Oregon (Inspired by Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms in Virginia) 1. Change your point of view. Is Oregon all about timber, fishing, and farming? Or a high tech mecca on the leading edge of Asian commerce? On one hand it’s a thriving environment for Airbnb, Uber, and OfferUp, start […]

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OREGON DUCKS FLOCKER ROOM REVEALED

October 10, 2016 by

Not quitters, not winners, who are the Oregon Ducks now? Local sports radio reported a split in the Oregon Ducks locker room. If it’s a split, that means there’s two locker rooms. The winning side is the flocker room where the team builds a winning culture; the other side is a college locker room, any […]

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FIRST MT. ANGEL OKTOBERFEST

September 26, 2016 by

And it won’t be the last Oktoberfest. A buddy explained how it’s been since he gave up beer. Maybe you’ve heard the same talk? Maybe you’ve told someone why you gave up beer? Oregon beer is one reason people move here. Blame the hops. It might be a reason they leave, too.

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OREGON DUCK FOOTBALL LONELINESS IS REAL

September 25, 2016 by

Oregon Duck Football loneliness grows after Colorado loss. What’s next? “Winners do what losers won’t do.” That’s the saying all winners fall back to in victory, the other team did more to win. It’s also an excuse for bad sportsmanship since time erases all but the final score. Winners celebrate, dance, sing. They party and […]

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NO OTHER PORTLAND BUT FRESH HOPPED PORTLAND

September 7, 2016 by

No city can be the Portland of the north, east, south, or west due to one basic truth. And it’s so obviously Portland. No place on earth is closer to the most valuable ingredient in beer. Hops grow down the road from a city with over 142 breweries in the metro area that pour 53 […]

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MOTHERS IN LAW DRINK

September 3, 2016 by

At Tigard’s Tapphoria good things happen when mothers in law drink. The first time I met the lady in white she was fifty years old and climbing out of ’69 Mustang fastback. Wearing black leather. Could have been Steve McQueen’s Mustang from Bullet. She and her second husband drove up from LA to see her […]

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OREGON LOVE IN THE DISTRICT

August 23, 2016 by

Reluctant traveler finds Oregon love on the road. The best part of traveling to the other side of North America is answering the question, “Where are you from.” The easy answer is, “Oregon.” The one that gets across is, “Portland, Oregon.” Saying anything else needs explaining, like Tigard, but since I get mail marked Portland, […]

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THOMAS WOLFE STYLE WITH ASHEVILLE LAUNDRY

August 13, 2016 by

What is Thomas Wolfe Style? Keep reading. Here in Thomas Wolfe’s hometown, I mean Asheville, as much a home as he ever had since he liked to keep moving, I’m doing laundry at the Dixieland Laundry on a Friday afternoon. From the looks of things I’m probably the only washer headed back to Grove Park […]

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