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THE LAST NUCLEAR BLAST

The last nuclear blast ended WWII?
Japan had a hard time deciding what to do, surrender unconditionally, or what.
The ‘or what’ began with Hiroshima and ended with Nagasaki, skipping Kokura twice.
I visited the two men in charge of the new nuclear bomb. They were quiet.
So was I.
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SAM QUINONES ON IMPORTANT WRITING

What’s better than a writer hyping important writing, the importance of writing, and at the same time telling us about their favorite writing book from a dead writer?
If that’s not writing advice, I don’t know what is. Good writing advice is hard to come by.
Will it make you a better writer, you ask?
Only if you write, only if you use it as intended.
Such as:

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CHEESECAKE FACTORY v ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL: A STUDY

Timeless design.
Classic vision.
Tasteful architecture.
What more could anyone want from the Cheesecake Factory?
Or, St. Paul’s Cathedral?

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PORTLAND NARRATION WITH MEL BROWN AT THE JACK LONDON

Yesterday I wrote a post about two ladies walking around Portland like they knew where they were going.
They did know where they were going, but there was a hitch.
They weren’t alone.
The Heart of Portland followed along.
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A PORTLAND WALK WITH THE LADIES

What do you miss if you skip the Portland walk?
Trees planted in brick walk ways? Always fun.
The street lamps like the one in the top left?
Wooden models are part of the Oregon Historical Society collection, and they are beautiful.
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BOOMER HEALTH RISK: UNINTENTIONAL FALL

Ask Amy gives her take on baby boomers’ unintentional fall. Her numbers are big on the unintentional fall. Ask Amy doesn’t want us to take a dive. 25,000 deaths, over two million emergency room visits, all due to an unintentional fall. The Center for Disease Control even has a page, as if an unintentional fall […]

RESPECT WOMEN IF YOU RESPECT YOURSELF

It’s hard to respect women, or anyone, unless you respect yourself.   Find a mirror and give it a hard look while you’re in front of it. Do you respect the image reflected back? If not, get to work. You’ve heard this saying, “You say you respect someone if you can’t say you like them.” […]

Caregiving For The Baby Boomer Spouse

3 Ways To Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way. Who can name the ‘Do Your Own Thing’ generation? How about the ‘March To The Beat Of A Different Drummer’ generation? Or the ‘If You Love Something Set It Free’ generation? The ‘Me’ generation? The one with ‘Radicals And Freaks?’ On a blog called […]

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FAT SHAME, FIT SHAME, SHAME SHAME

From one side of the health debate to the other there’s no shortage of shamers. A forty year old man, six feet tall, weighing 186 lbs wore a sauna belt. In a sauna. With men and women. He was after those excess three pounds that showed up the day before. Did he understand the shame […]

BOOMER UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

Time to answer the charges? Boomer UNTIL proven guilty. Too many accuse the baby boomer generation of things they didn’t do. How can that change? And how fast? You may recognize some of the accusations, you might have a made a few yourself. After all these years, it’s finally okay. Let it go. Boomers showed […]

PORTLAND MILLENNIAL PATIENCE IMPROVES

They want it all, and they want it now, but Portland millennial patience stays strong. The best of the best? Remember what that looked like, or sounded like? Experience, knowledge, and training used to guide American through it’s darkest nights. Once we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Shine that light. Baby boomers’ moms […]

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MESA ARIZONA, CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

Where are you right now? Do you wish you were somewhere else? Instead of working on the wish list of where you’d rather be, take a good look around. You may be in the center of the universe, like Mesa Arizona.

PDX BRIDGES NEW & OLD

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.           […]

AT THE TRIMET BUS STOP, pt 2

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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