I was born in Portland, grew up in southern Oregon, went back to Portland for college. Loved the kind of place it was back then. Raised my kids there. But Portland changed, and became a place I hardly recognize, though I still have friends there, and 2 of my kids live there. I don't feel at home when I visit, though I do think it is one…
I was born in Portland, grew up in southern Oregon, went back to Portland for college. Loved the kind of place it was back then. Raised my kids there. But Portland changed, and became a place I hardly recognize, though I still have friends there, and 2 of my kids live there. I don't feel at home when I visit, though I do think it is one of the most beautiful and dynamic cities I have been in, still. I do love the fact that AmTrak allows me to travel right down to almost all the places that are meaningful to me, so I can spend a few days in Portland and be on my way, catch it again on the way back, and then back up to my brother in the foothills of the Washington Cascades. I would like to travel to Europe again, but I feel strongly that I have responsibilities here, to the land I come from (mixed indigenous, with a healthy admixture of mostly Gaelic), and to what I leave my grandchildren.
I was born in Portland, grew up in southern Oregon, went back to Portland for college. Loved the kind of place it was back then. Raised my kids there. But Portland changed, and became a place I hardly recognize, though I still have friends there, and 2 of my kids live there. I don't feel at home when I visit, though I do think it is one of the most beautiful and dynamic cities I have been in, still. I do love the fact that AmTrak allows me to travel right down to almost all the places that are meaningful to me, so I can spend a few days in Portland and be on my way, catch it again on the way back, and then back up to my brother in the foothills of the Washington Cascades. I would like to travel to Europe again, but I feel strongly that I have responsibilities here, to the land I come from (mixed indigenous, with a healthy admixture of mostly Gaelic), and to what I leave my grandchildren.