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DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME CANCELLED IN TIGARD LIBRARY?

June 9, 2023 by

The drag queen story time is canceled in Tigard and I had to learn about it on twitter? Something’s gone wrong when drag queens out in the far reaches of Portland suburbs can’t fly under the radar. It’s not like there’s a specific drag queen review out here like Darcelle’s. Did someone drive up from […]

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REINVENTING ARTISTS AND ART IN TIGARD

May 22, 2023 by

Reinventing artists is one way of saying, “Wow.” You read about photographers and writers, see their work, and buy something they made. It’s different when you meet them in a setting outside a museum, gallery, or library. They are real people, which is easy to forget when you hold their work.

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PICTURE GREATER WITH CHARLIE SANDBO AT TIGARD ART WEEKEND 2023

May 21, 2023 by

Picture Greater challenges us with: How did you get that picture. I’ve always wondered how skilled photographers did it. Now I know. They do it with patience and vision. The end result is falling in love with an image. Charlie Sandbo is matchmaker between you and a print you need, but didn’t know. Now you […]

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PORTLAND ROAD TO TIGARD

December 7, 2022 by

The Portland road out of town comes in four iterations: Highway 30 to Scappoose, I-84 to Gresham, Highway 26 to Beaverton, and I-5 to Tigard. Of course the roads extend further, but not today. If you’re leaving Portland for the suburbs, those are the choices. I know you’re asking, “Why would anyone leave the beautiful […]

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UNGROUNDED LIFE IN TIGARD

December 6, 2022 by

An ungrounded life is for people who wish they were somewhere besides where they are, where they live, where they spend their time. I met one of them in the local Walgreens. I could tell he was ungrounded by how he looked. He was wearing a suit, which from my experience, was his work clothes.

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TIGARD OREGON SAYS “GREATNESS IS HATELESS”

September 27, 2021 by

The Tigard Oregon Tigers faced the Newberg Tigers. Tiger vs Tiger football in Tigard has a snappy sound to it. But it was Tiger football and everything else, as it turns out. The everything else part was, and is, a local/state/regional/national/international/ global/universal story on a larger canvas. That large.

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TIGARD PROTEST MARCH AFTER POLICE SHOOTING

January 8, 2021 by

The Tigard protest came after a police shooting death. Tigard Police declared a riot Thursday night after a man in mental distress died earlier in the day. Tigard twitter caught it all: I’m all for the protests against police. Their all dangerous thugss especially in Portland area. That being said small businesses in tigard should […]

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TIGARD MAN: WHY MOVING OUT OF INNER CITY PORTLAND WAS A GOOD IDEA

August 20, 2020 by

I’ve been a Tigard Man for thirty years, but it feels like yesterday. Memories of Portland keep reminding me why I moved. Not bad memories, but they weren’t good for others. For example:

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TIGARD HOUSE HUNTER REVIEW

May 2, 2020 by

Before Tigard house hunting began, one big question came up too often. Why Tigard? The view I had from downtown Portland included every direction out of the city.

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TIGARD TRENDING TOWARD TRAIN TRACKS

December 27, 2019 by

Not Me: I want to live near the train, the light rail train. Isn’t Tigard trending toward the train. Me: The train goes through Beaverton to Hillsboro. Not Me: I’ve heard great things about Hillsboro.

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