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Portland by The Numbers

Here's what's happening this week on The Sojourn

Here are some WCS highlights from my sub-two-minute video update, for those of you without even that meager amount of time to spare:

I’ve been hanging out in East County, an unsung part of Portland called The Numbers. It doesn’t seem Fred and Carrie ever did a Portlandia sketch out here, though I’d love to hear about it if they actually did. That exportable “Keep Portland Weird” energy isn’t so much a thing around these parts.

Life’s a little drab in The Numbers. If Portland’s gun-metal gray winter skies are the curtains, The Numbers are definitely its drapes.

Still, I am glad to be here, trying hard not to work.

Having said that, my Friday newsletter is shaping up be to a New Year’s feast, with perspectives on San Jose State’s trans volleyball brouhaha, Amazon and Starbucks facing boycotts + some disturbing news I’ve learned about undocumented immigrant travelers who cross into Washington state.

Next week I’ll most likely cross into Washington. My paperwork is beyond reproach.

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