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BABY BOOMER YOUTH GAMES

October 20, 2015 by

Could Kids Today Benefit From The Game Of Stretch Or Mumbly Peg? If Millennials and the rest of us want to meet on level ground, we must learn to share our games. A game on television is the easy part. Click a station, then another, until you find a game you both want to watch. […]

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LEAVING HIPSTER PORTLAND

October 18, 2015 by

When You Leave Hipster Portland What Do You See In The Rear View Mirror? It rained yesterday; it was supposed to rain. Not mudslide, bury your car, knock you house off its foundation rain, but still wet. That’s news, right? Rain in Portland? To cover all the bases, it got dark last night, too. You […]

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THE FIGHT FOR LOVE?

October 13, 2015 by

Not All Relationships Start In The Sunshine When You Fight For Love. What happens in the dark eventually determines how things work out in the long run. Be sure that’s what you want. 1. The guy dates a lot of women. He’s in his late twenties and still dates high school girls. He went to […]

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GRANDMOTHER GUNS IN PORTLAND

October 9, 2015 by

A True Story About Grandmother Guns In Portland Oregon. An elderly lady pulled her car into her NE Portland garage on a hot day. I was there to pick up a museum donation, three quilts for the Oregon Historical Society. Museums love fragile textiles, product packaging, anything you’d throw away a hundred years ago. Quilts […]

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OUR OREGON TOWN TO YOURS

October 2, 2015 by

Not Much Happens In Our Town And That’s How We Like It. Our Oregon Town Likes It Too. Our Town opened in 1938, portraying the lives and events of a small town in New Hampshire from 1901-1913. The dates are important. Our Town shows life before WWII. Thornton Wilder had WWI and The Great Depression […]

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AT THE TRIMET BUS STOP, pt 2

September 28, 2015 by

One part of weird Portland, the Keep Portland Weird part, is SantaCon near a TriMet bus stop. If you’re a fan of SantaCon and like dressing up in Santa gear and bar crawling Portland, then you’ve seen this. If you’ve never dressed been a Santa, this is your chance. Drinking beer with hundreds of Santas […]

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AT THE TRIMET BUS STOP

September 27, 2015 by

Public Transportation In Portland, The TriMet Bus Stop, And People. A man walks up to a trimet bus stop. A couple are arguing. The man ignores them. The lady seems agitated. The other man pushes in on her. Here’s what you do: Check your position. You want to be able to step away without the […]

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MUSEUM DAY LIVE. WORTH IT?

September 24, 2015 by

This Saturday Opens The Door To A Free Museum Day Live. Will You Go? Of all the free things in the world, Museum Day Live looks like a steal. Two free tickets await you upon registering with Smithsonian Magazine. Name, email, the usual. Aside from balking at joining yet another list that may or may […]

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THAT PORTLAND?

September 19, 2015 by

What You Won’t See Won’t Bother You. The truth is you need Portland and Portland needs you. When you move here, take a good look in the mirror. You are the ‘new blood.’ You will ‘make a difference.’ You will ‘change things’ by your presence. Soon enough you notice other new people making a difference […]

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PDX BRIDGES NEW & OLD

September 8, 2015 by

The new pedestrian bridge brings new views of Portland. The view of the freeway looking south. To find it from I-5 north, take the Ross Island Bridge exit and snake around. Park your car before you make the right turn to the Ross Island ramp and you can’t miss it.           […]

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