Milwaukie

I really like Milwaukie. Like the neighborhood, like the location, especially like Main Street downtown, which reminds me of another town I like, Lewiston, Idaho. Like the Farmers Market, which isn't too big.

I barely have explored various opportunities here, including the nearby Milwaukie Center, where there is live jazz every Friday noon. I did read poetry at a First Friday event, but was not impressed with the readings, only several really with the voice to read and only one other beside myself writing with attention to traditional poetic values like rhythm and rhyme. I kept being reminded of Gertrude Stein's comment to Hemingway, "Remarks, Ernest, are not literature."

In other words, all things considered (like having to remain in Portland area, which I'd leave in a  heartbeat if I was alone), this is a great place to be.

Crossing Kellogg Creek into downtown Milwaukie

Main Street

Willamette River, a block from downtown

First Friday

Farmers Market