Rojo The Llama

If you’re in the Portland area, you may have heard of Rojo The Llama. He’s the coolest llama you’ll ever meet. I got to meet him today. Unfortunately, Rojo is retiring after 17 years as a therapy llama, so if you haven’t already met him, now is the time.

The Bridge

The bridge: a friend who introduces you to someone who eventually becomes your friend. Over this long Memorial Day weekend my wife and I spent some time with a few friends, all of whom we met through a mutual friend, our bridge, who has since moved away. I commented to my wife about how many friends we had because of …

Field Notes

A few years ago I came across some little notebooks, called Field Notes, for sale at Powell’s Bookstore in downtown Portland. I did a little research about the folks that made the notebooks and realized that one of the guys behind them was a fellow Traverse City native turned Portland transplant, Aaron Draplin. Furthermore, even though I’d never met the …

Just Get The Work Done

It was a beautiful day in Portland today, and I was hoping to get out for a nice long bike ride to celebrate.  Instead, I ended up having to look after our older daughter (18 months) for a bit, and wasn’t going to be able to get the ride in.  That is, until I remembered that I just picked up …