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DRINK BEER OUTSIDE? FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM 10 BARREL

August 9, 2020 by

If drink beer outside sounds like an order to follow, then you’re a true Oregonian. Drink beer outside at the coast? Why, of course. What else would you want to do? Go fishing? Naw.

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BUILT STRONG TAKES TIME TO GET IT DONE

June 3, 2020 by

Eiffel Tower, 1888 Who doubts the Eiffel Tower wasn’t built strong? That it’s still standing is the only testament it needs. Data shows it’s the biggest pay to visit site in the world. How strong is that? Like anything else, it started with a good foundation, and isn’t that the basis for anything built strong, […]

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NOTRE DAME UPDATE FROM OREGONIAN IN PARIS

September 12, 2019 by

How do they fix broken stone and burned timbers? It looks like this:

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BOOMER STREET

April 24, 2018 by

    Baby boomer gets the message. We’ve heard the message all of our lives. It goes like this:   Move over little dog, the big old dog is moving in.   We were once the little dog and moved over for those who knew better. We did what we were told. The idea is […]

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SELF MYTHOLOGY: DEATH, DYING, PAT CONROY’S DAD

December 18, 2017 by

  What are the best stories told but the ones we tell about ourselves. From Greek gods to Steinbeck sharecroppers we can be whoever we like when we tell our own stories.   Of course the best self mythology comes from the biggest liars and you can’t believe a word they say, still we need […]

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COMFORT ZONE AND BIG SNAKES? GET. OUT.

December 8, 2017 by

      If you’ve ever seen a snake wrangler in their comfort zone, they probably don’t look like this. There I was in a lovely Santa Monica apartment with nice people in Los Angeles.   They seemed like nice people, then I saw the snake in a cage.   “Do you like snakes?” someone […]

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GET A JUMP START ON GLOBAL WARMING IN THE ARIZONA DESERT

June 12, 2017 by

The Arizona desert feels like the future of global warming. I’m not complaining about one hundred ten degree days, and neither is the cactus. But how much hotter would it get if global warming trends continue? Check the temps next week. The weather news calls for potential records. My home turf in Oregon gets record […]

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A DIFFERENT PORTLAND, A DIFFERENT TIME

October 1, 2016 by

Today’s city is a different Portland than anyone expected from it’s past. I walked the hard pavement of NW 14th street toward Burnside, the Mason Dixon Line of Portland. I crossed against the light, skipping past a new chain tavern, leaving behind a music store with too much exposure through its showroom windows. I angled […]

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STREET FIGHTING MAN, OR PUSH OVER

February 6, 2016 by

Breaking up a street fight doesn’t take a street fighting man. My reward for breaking up a street fight was a punch in the face. Street fighting is a personal thing, apparently one you shouldn’t interfere with. Except when it’s in your neighborhood. And it’s a man beating a woman. Then it gets personal. City […]

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ANGRY AMERICA? BBC SAYS YES

February 4, 2016 by

The BBC knows why you live in angry America. And angry Oregon. Research shows an angry America. Is it true? Yes, according to BBC research that includes all the big names in poll sampling. A CNN/ORC poll. Be angry the results are posted on a twenty nine page pdf file for clickability. NBC/Wall Street Journal […]

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