Scene Outside the Book

QUIRKY PORTLAND - GRANOLA CITY

Walking to work today, I noticed a group of about six male construction workers circled around another guy who had his head down as if in prayer. Not a daily sight in Portland, but I wasn't too surprised to see a group of people gathered together praying before setting off to do whatever they do do.

Wrong! They weren't praying at all. As I got closer to the group I realized the guy with his head down was actually leading the men in a morning neck stretching exercise. All of them were slowly bending their heads downward, then to the right, slowly moving the head backwards and left to the other side, breathing deeply...

Big burly bear types stretching before setting off to work on a construction site. Now that's granola!