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READING HISTORY LIKE IT MEANS SOMETHING?

Reading history is the same as reading a story, but it comes with a bonus:

You can check the validity of the history story, check the sources, visit the places history happened and is still happening.

When old people check sources it’s because they have nothing else to do?

Baby boomers visit historical sites not to learn anything new, but to confirm their already established believes?

If this sounds like a load of crap, you are correct.

NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS KNOW NUTRITION FIRST

My wife shared a joke with me. She’s a naturopathic physician, Dr. Gillaspie. It had nothing to do with the old television show with young Dr. Kildare and his colleague Dr. Gillaspie. “Early in our practices doctors from my class would talk about what it must be like as an RD, a real […]

CANCER SURVIVORS CHECK-IN PRACTICE

One thing bloggers do is read other blogs. It’s not a competitive thing. For some. I read for information, writing style, writers voice. The usuals. As the writer on a blog with over fifteen hundred posts, I’ve got a handle on the word part. Still working on word organization. Who isn’t. It’s a humbling […]

RESPECT WOMEN IF YOU RESPECT YOURSELF

It’s hard to respect women, or anyone, unless you respect yourself. Find a mirror and give it a hard look while you’re in front of it. Do you respect the image reflected back? If not, get to work. You’ve heard this saying, “You say you respect someone if you can’t say you like them.” […]

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ORGANIC FOOD DELIVERY: INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE

Where’s the organic food? All I see are fruit and veggies. Overheard in a grocery store produce aisle: “Let’s head to the deli and get something to eat, this is just ingredients.” Ingredients for healthy food? The top image is a box from Organics To You. They promise “Farm Fresh Home Delivery.” Not Meals […]

WINTER REFLECTIONS, TIME PASSING

Can we still complain if the snow doesn’t last for months and turn a nasty brown?

Auntie Pammy Leaves Legacy Of Lennox Lancer Love

Life transitions can mean so many things. After all other guesses run out, the final life transition is the end. Auntie Pammy’s life ended, but she left a legacy of love that’s hard to ignore. From the time the news went out I thought of the a meme that said, “Write about what […]

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THE REAL WESTERN AMERICA OUT HERE IN OREGON

The real Western America isn’t Texas or California Readers around the world see the American west through movies. From John Wayne in his cowboy costume, to private eye Jack Nicholson in LA’s Chinatown, to policeman Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry franchise, they view the west through a distorted lens. Forget about the red rocks of Colorado, […]

SEATTLE WORKS HARD FOR THE TOP SPOT

A money man gave me the short history of how important places draw the right people to them, how they work. In the emerging Industrial Revolution world London was the center of the universe. Anyone with dreams and aspirations of being somebody, of one day being The Man, moved to London. Things changed […]

OVER-POPULATED PORTLAND? STOP COMPLAINING

Just blame the Doug Fir Lounge, Tevor Sensor, and The Family Crest. Feeling better? You will. In a furnace showcase for a venue ten times the size, The Family Crest torched East Burnside from the Doug Fir Lounge. They added a new twist to performance art in their show. Trombone, cello, violin, and […]

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Make that old Portland, youngish parents.

Or not so old Portland, and not so young parents.

We weren’t teenagers, but if you ever want to feel like one push a stroller around downtown.

With two kids it’s like a double punishment, like sent to your room AND missing dinner.

What else?

The Let Them Theory book has a lot of lets in the letters.

My favorites are the parts that address my problems, which come with a writing habit from what I can tell.

Will I discover why I’m not a better writer?

Learn what I should have done by now, or find a lingering message to get over myself already?

Calling North Bend a small town is a disservice to real small towns everywhere.

Driving south on 101 and crossing the North Bend Bridge takes you under this sign.

If you’re not paying close attention and keep going the same direction, the entire area of the largest metro complex on the Oregon coast feels like it’s all North Bend, especially if you miss the little coos bay sign.

Reading history is the same as reading a story, but it comes with a bonus:

You can check the validity of the history story, check the sources, visit the places history happened and is still happening.

When old people check sources it’s because they have nothing else to do?

Baby boomers visit historical sites not to learn anything new, but to confirm their already established believes?

If this sounds like a load of crap, you are correct.

As most people eighteen and over know, there is a future and they will be in it.

The big question is where?

At least it should be a big question unless you come from ‘down in the valley where mister when you’re young, they bring you up do to like your daddy done.’

Those guys never had to figure things out too much, like where will they be five years from now, and five years after that.

toughen up

boomer years

buckle up

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