“The TSA agents looked exhausted to hear another riot act from a Mr. So-and-so who should be allowed on the plane with [item everybody knows isn’t allowed on a plane].”
Read moreHappy hour with my dear friend Dan Lowinger.
Some coincidences are so incredible, it makes you wonder what else is going on out there, you haven’t stumbled into yet.
Read morethe Zen art of Hippo Hardware
We returned to Hippo Hardware one last time to redeem an $11 store credit. I brought my camera to snap pictures of every little thing in the store and remember how, even in a city as rapidly changing as Portland, there are still some genuinely beautiful pockets holding their corner.
Read moreA family moves from Portland to Minneapolis
How to sum up the incredible and complex forces, both pushing and pulling, that would provoke a family to leave their beloved home for a new city, across the country?
Read moreDelicious Donuts, Portland Ore.
A recent visit, and farewell, to my favorite donut shop in Portland, Oregon brings an encounter with Old Portland, New Portland, and this place we still call home, but don’t live in anymore.
Read moreNight Ride, Portland Ore., 05/05/2019
At night, the whole city turns on its lights. Eyed disapprovingly by passing motorists, and hungrily by circling prowlers, there’s a gazillion fabulous pictures to be had—if you’re brave enough to stand in one place long enough to get your levels right.
Read moreDancing Lessons
Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis
While in Minneapolis for a brief, busy weekend exploring new apartments and job prospects, a mid-April blizzard hits town and I miss my flight home.
Read moreLloyd Center Mall
I have never been very current on fashion, so my trips to the mall usually included eye-opening updates on trends. Apparently, judging by the three Russian figure skaters, there was some huge fad for czaritsa chic going around.
Read moreNorther Cycles will save america
Stand anywhere in Portland, Oregon, throw a rock in any direction and, with that rock, you could hit two bicycle frame builders. Maybe though, don’t throw rocks. (Just a thought.)
Read moreMaking the same mistakes, and getting maced – twice: Excerpts from “How to identify a stolen bike”
I got maced, twice, trying to rescue a stolen bike.
Read moreThe White Bicycle
For everyone who’s had a bike stolen: here’s to the one that got away.
Read morePourland
When the earthquake destroys the West Coast, those who’ve thought ahead and built themselves rain barrels to collect and store fresh water will also have to fend off the roaming hordes of looters.
Read moreReading
I win every staring contest
Giving a reading is the laziest form of show business. It requires no physical agility, unless standing still is considered agility.
Read moreAutumn is coming
I come to life in a season when everything begins to die.
Read moreThis is why we can’t have nice things: E-scooters, and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it.
You can park them anywhere!
Just park that shit anywhere bro.
Read moreSteel Bridge
A love letter to Portland’s rotten and beautiful Steel Bridge.
Read moreThe neighbors (kicking the shit out of each other)
Ask the Portland Police about the Jensens.
Read moreAlone at the Columbia pool
At the Columbia Pool, in Kenton.
Read moreFreeway overpasses of Portland
Passing on the best advice that was ever given to me: look up.
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