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WORKING TOGETHER FOR MORE TOGETHERNESS? BE A FAN

April 23, 2021 by

Working together for change is a good thing. What about married people working together to install a fan? A suburban ceiling fan, the sort seen in sad real estate ads for houses with ‘potential’, got replaced. Her: Did you see the new fan instructions? We need an electrician. Him: I’ve got the same screw driver […]

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MISSING PARTS AND WHERE TO FIND REPLACEMENTS

April 22, 2021 by

When I was a kid I had a high school aged uncle who liked to build model cars with missing parts. He didn’t play any sports. I glued model cars together, too. The box of plastic pieces all linked together became a Buick Wildcat. No paint, nothing special, just following directions and putting it together. […]

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NEW PEOPLE AT WORK DO THE JOB DIFFERENTLY?

April 21, 2021 by

New people at work, or in the neighborhood, take some getting used to. They come in three varieties: Recognizable, unrecognizable, and somewhere in between the two. The hard part for new people isn’t being recognized or not. They know who they are. It’s the rest of us who’ve been at work or in the neighborhood […]

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MEDICAL MARIJUANA: 420 FROM THE OTHER SIDE

April 20, 2021 by

Medical marijuana sounded like a clever joke the first time I’d heard of it. Medical? Like legal? Did a smart hippie find a loophole to get high without getting arrested? What’s next, I figured, the return of cocaine to Coca-cola? Extra morphine in cough syrup? The benefits of medical marijuana dawned on me after a […]

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HOMEWARD? KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE WITH KINDNESS

April 19, 2021 by

Homeward bound is the life goal, the journey that starts new every day. Who wants to go home? You’re home now, but it doesn’t feel right? If it doesn’t feel like home, then it’s not home. Being confused is normal. Home means something different to everyone. For instance:

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FOR NEW FATHERS WONDERING WHAT’S NEXT

April 18, 2021 by

New fathers have more to do than they did in the past. Back then the job was dropping little Missy off at the hospital and buying a rack of cigars to hand out. And smile. Paste a big old grin on new fathers faces, but look a little closer to see the bewilderment. No one […]

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SPEAKING UP? TRY DOING IT IN A CIVIL CONVERSATION

April 17, 2021 by

Speaking up, just the idea of joining a conversation, comes with warnings and red flags. If you have an opinion to share, please do. What’s worse than a closed mouth ready to burst? I have one request of new voices raised up: know what you’re talking about, then cut loose. This is the root of […]

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ACTING OUTRAGED IS DIFFERENT THAN INSPIRED OUTRAGE

April 16, 2021 by

Acting outraged draws the worst sort of attention, if attention is what you’re after. Men and women with mouths wide open in outrageous indignation come in two flavors: Practiced, and out of control. The people who practice their outrage take can turn it off at will; out of control outrage goes more out of control […]

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RUNNING MAN SETS RECORD STRAIGHT AT ROW RIVER

April 15, 2021 by

The running man in question is Nicholas Thompson. Maybe you’ve heard of him, or someone like him. Probably not, though. He’s just another runner in a running world full of speed. Oh, he just set the American record for a 50K ultra. Now you’ve heard of him. But there’s so much more, which fits in […]

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THOUGHTFUL TRAVEL, OR HOW TO GET WHERE YOU PLANNED ON GOING

April 14, 2021 by

Thoughtful travel feels like something that takes the fun out of adventure. Besides, how thoughtful do you need/want to be in getting someplace? Plan the place, load up, and head out works. Until it all goes south. If you have all of your thoughtful travel plans on your phone, then lose your phone on the […]

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