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OREGON DAY, JUST ONE OREGON DAY

September 8, 2023 by

On one Oregon day I saw U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas meet her people at the Tigard Library. The next day I drove around the countryside looking at what and who is represented. After joining the crowd in Tigard and listening to how Rep. Salinas spoke to them, I felt certain she had a good handle […]

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LIVE BETTER? IT STARTS AT HOME

June 26, 2023 by

I want to live better. So do you. We just don’t say it out loud. Why? Because everyone wants to live better, they just don’t want to do the work. And if they do the work, they get it wrong. For example:

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ROSE GARDEN FLOWER GIRL TEST

June 25, 2023 by

When the rose garden calls how do you answer? There’s only one answer when it includes a birthday for a flower girl. And with a flower girl. With four flower girls? It started two weeks ago.

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ROSE FESTIVAL DONE RIGHT IN PORTLAND? RAMBLE ON

June 11, 2023 by

Rose Festival week for Portland Oregon baby boomers when we were single? It was good, real good. We didn’t have cars back then and it didn’t matter since we lived so close to the parade route through Portland. Yesterday was a throwback to those days of old in New Portland. What’s the biggest difference between […]

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HIKING BABY BOOMER PORTLAND, pt. 2

September 15, 2014 by

An incredible part of the city is feeling like you’re never far from the woods. There’s always a clearing, a trail to follow. And it feels safe enough to dive right in there. On a Friday I stopped on SW Terwilliger in between appointments. This is the road on the side of the hill below […]

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