Portland Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/portland/ Dream Research & Education Wed, 17 Nov 2021 01:38:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png Portland Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/portland/ 32 32 Basketball Dream Diary #4: My Blazers Hat https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-4-my-blazers-hat/ https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-4-my-blazers-hat/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 01:38:00 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4398 Of SUVs, prosperous males, and watching witches. On Monday night, the Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors, 118-113, in an exciting, closely-fought contest. The Raptors came out hot, taking a 13-3 lead before the game was barely two minutes old. The Blazers looked slow and hesitant, the Raptors young and springy. Damien Lillard had missed the …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-4-my-blazers-hat/feed/ 0 Basketball Dream Diary #3: Fans https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-3-fans/ https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-3-fans/#respond Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:36:02 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4390 The Blazers beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 116-96, last Wednesday night, to even their season’s record at 2 wins and 2 losses. They played excellent defense and held Ja Morant, the Grizzlies’ young star guard, to 17 points, half of what he had been averaging the first few games of the season. The Blazers had a …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-3-fans/feed/ 0 Basketball Dream Diaries #2: The First Two Games https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diaries-2-the-first-two-games/ https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diaries-2-the-first-two-games/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:16:27 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4382 The day before the opening game of the Trailblazers’ 2021-2022 season, I was bothered by something I read online about Damien Lillard, Portland’s best player. The article ranked him lower among the league’s top players than I think he deserves; it dinged him for his defense, and emphasized the catastrophe that would befall the Blazers …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diaries-2-the-first-two-games/feed/ 0 The Basketball Dream Diaries #1: Preseason https://bulkeley.org/the-basketball-dream-diaries-1-preseason/ https://bulkeley.org/the-basketball-dream-diaries-1-preseason/#respond Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:51:12 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4374 Earlier this week I attended the preseason basketball game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Sacramento Kings. Although the Blazers played with lots of energy, the Kings beat them handily, 107-93. That night (it was a Monday), I had the following dream: Fertilizing the Basketball Court Lots of people are engaged in some activity, trying …

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