03/21/2020
The Portland Orbit is nasty. Look who they choose to keep company with:
Spring Cleaning: What’s in a Name? Pound For Pound The Tag Measures Up
When I think about Lord Pound it takes me back in time. There was a different house and neighborhood and our dog Max, who I walked when I spotted most of these tags, has since passed away. The phot…
02/29/2020
Those guys over at the Portland Orbit are doing some amazing work. Check it out:
Cranberry Sauce: Praising, Not Burying Saul MacGarvey
I learned the word hoodwink from my tenth grade English teacher, Mr. Bobby Hand. He might take pride in knowing that. I always thought about it in that way politicians pull the wool over peo…
02/08/2020
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OH LORD!
It’s February: Find Your Pit of Despair
One January morning walking around my SW neighborhood for reasons better left unsaid, I headed up the unfinished gravel road. There’s a rut so bad cars can’t pass through without risking axel damag…
01/18/2020
These folks at the Portland Orbit are doing some amazing things:
Portland Skyline: There’s Fine Lines and There’s Tracing
This post was inspired by the Pittsburgh Orbit, well, actually, the idea was straight up stolen from them. We only steal from the best. When I saw their tribute to Pittsburgh skyline art I was remi…
11/28/2019
There are these moments when we are productive.
The Turkey of St. Johns: From Genesis to Revelation
In the beginning the Turkey of St. Johns was created when the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; as this was all that could be seen from the inside of the …
09/19/2019
Signs, signs everywhere a sign!
Summeritus Meets Signitus: Another Summer Sign Round Up
I was diagnosed with “summeritus” by a clerk at a Dollar Store a few years back. It wasn’t a medical diagnosis but the word stuck with me. There was no time for explanation. This …
08/22/2019
Step right up, read all about it:
When Portland Almost Killed Beatlemania
I caught the exhibit about The Beatles at the Oregon Historical Society. The displays weren’t specific to the Beatles’ visit to Portland on August 22, 1965 (54 years ago today!) when they performed…
08/16/2019
Contemplate Mermaids if you don’t mind:
Taking Me to the River: The Portlandia Mermaid Parade
What makes someone consider the mermaid life? Dressing like a Mermaid? Participating in a Mermaid parade? These questions had been in my head since last year. After missing the 2018 parade, I neede…
07/31/2019
I try to avoid this but it's the end of the month and I need a few more visits and views. Posts that have been popular lately include the piece about Evelyn Collins, The Phoenix Pharmacy and the Seaside Riots. But if you even wanted to go on an excursion to Zanytown, now would be as good a time as any.
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