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PORTLAND TIMBERS, OREGON LOGS

December 9, 2015 by

Soccer Town USA and its suburbs are full of fans waiting for the Portland Timbers. They grew up when field hockey was the only PE sport for girls, when Title 9 and gender equality were just around the corner. They went to college, traveled, found someone special enough to have kids with, someone who understood […]

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DR. LIDIA YUKNAVITCH GOES TO CHURCH

December 5, 2015 by

Lidia Yuknavitch spoke to Willamette Writers at the Old Church. All three are resting well. New rule: All posts start with a theme song reflecting the topic at hand. This one starts on the second verse. New rule #2: Click the Lidia link. Here it is. Little Feat’s Willin’ via lyricsmode.com: “I’ve been kicked by […]

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PORTLAND CHRISTMAS SEIZURE

November 30, 2015 by

Nothing says Portland Christmas louder than the Pioneer Square Christmas tree. And it’s better to catch up on the view sooner than later. Once December 1 hits it feels like a race to the 25th to get everything in. Make sure you have a big Portland Christmas by seeing the biggest tree all lit up. […]

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PORTLAND STRIPPER OF DIGNITY

November 29, 2015 by

The Oregonian explains the Portland stripper. BoomerPDX does it better. Everyone had a stripper story, or ought to. Like the time they got up on stage just before getting thrown out of the bar. Or the time the dancers got the crowd so revved up the bartender started flashing. This isn’t one of those stories. […]

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DE-POLICE PORTLAND

November 28, 2015 by

Does Portland in de-police make a better city? “We used to be judged on our work ethic. How many stops, how many contacts, how many calls.” “That was police work?” “That’s police work, what used to be police work. Still should be. You get to a point in a police career where you feel the […]

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C.B. BERNARD CHASES ALASKA

November 28, 2015 by

Alaska and C.B. Bernard sing for the Last Frontier. And you. When the wild calls your name, where do you go? If you’re a writer like Cheryl Strayed you hit the Pacific Coast Trail and write a book called Wild. Not the sort of wild you have in mind? Most people understand wild as a […]

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DUCK FOOTBALL vs BRIDAL SHOWER

November 23, 2015 by

Oregon Duck football shows up against USC, and a bridal shower wins the day. Modern mass media offers every which way to watch a Duck football game. From TV, radio, and online, to actually going to the stadium, I found a new way. It turned out so good I’d do it again, but since it […]

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SHARED MUSEUM DREAM

November 21, 2015 by

A museum dream from MAC’s big window. Regulars at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club walk in with the same stride they have walking into a grocery store. Just another door. But if you haven’t been a regular, as in never been inside, only seen the big window and balcony from the stadium stands, it feels like […]

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ON WRITING WELL, pt. 1

November 16, 2015 by

One idea is to write a lot, just not about writing well. As a youth I enjoyed reading about writers and their lives. Their work? Not so much. Writers’ biographies were more interesting than anything they wrote at the time. With the idea that living like a writer would make a better writer, those biographies […]

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OREGON SPORTS DIAMONDS

November 13, 2015 by

The jewels of Oregon sports get ready to shine brighter than ever in the new Oregon Sports Hall Of Fame. Out of the shadows of a clouded past you’ll see stars from every year join with the Class of 2015 being inducted at Multnomah Athletic Club, and together enter the new OHOF. From appearances the […]

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