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MARRIED LIFE 2021: TAKE THE CLEAN-UP CHALLENGE

Married life at its best brings out more in the partners than any other relationship. Sometimes it’s too much, and that’s the challenge. How you react to the unexpected, then use it as a learning tool, tells you all about married life. For example, what would you do if . . .

SELF ESTEEM, THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF TRUST

Self esteem is more than a shot in the arm, more than getting pumped up. If you’re good and you know it, how do you show it? Is there a secret, because you know self esteem when it walks in the door. Do you really need to show you’ve ‘Got It?’

GAINING SELF RELIANCE STARTS WITH GOOD TEACHERS

Self reliance feels like the best goal to aim for, but how do you get there? We all start from the opposite end, as little babies depending on others to lead the way. Those common beginnings fade away in the self reliant types we look up to because they do everything so well. We forget […]

OREGON FOOTBALL SET TO BE A BETTER EXAMPLE NEXT YEAR

Oregon football takes the national stage today as the PAC12 Champion against BIG12 runner-up Iowa State. And rightfully so. After all, it wasn’t Oregon’s fault Washington opted out of the title game against USC due to covid. Someone had to play the Trojans. But, it was Oregon’s fault that USC didn’t go undefeated, and now […]

LIVE LONGER 2021? WHAT’S THE PLAN AFTER THAT

‘Live longer’ has been the mantra of mankind. Just a little longer, a little more, a little help to get there. Make the promise to do better if you’re given the grace of a longer life than, say, eighteen? You don’t have to believe it, but decisions made early have a way of reminding us […]

CAREGIVING COVID IN 2021 LIKE A CAREGIVER WOULD DO

Caregiving covid as only a caregiver can do? Only a caregiver can figure this one out. If it takes one to know one, I’m here to serve. I got my caregiver merit badge and five stripes for consecutive years with my Parkinson’s afflicted father-in-law. I believe my caregiver tactics offer an angle into dealing with […]

TWITTER PEOPLE SPOKE, LOTS OF THEM

Twitter people responded to this post: my dad died in a tragic accident so i got some money and now i live in a house w a nice stove and people are pissed about it I was one of them when I posted: My step dad passed and I got to pick a few things […]

CHRISTMAS BROOM FOR SANTA CLEAN UP

A Christmas broom is better than a Christmas vacuum? Or a Christmas mop? Those are reminders of work to do, work left undone. Not like a bottle of Chivas, which is a reminder to let it slide, you lush. Pour a drink and sweep while Santa pushes the Christmas broom.

RED BROOM FOR SWEEPING 2020 HISTORY

When a big red broom makes all the difference: W.C Fields said, “I once spent a year in Philadelphia. I think it was a Sunday.” He’s got the time-bender figured out better than Einstein after 2020. Has your world felt like a Philadelphia Sunday this year, too? If you read blogs for new ideas, here’s […]

BREAKDOWN 2020: LIFE SCOREBOARD FOR ELEVEN SECONDS

Breakdown 2020 looks at the year’s round up on World Magazine. Year 2020 included the deaths of notable politicians, academics, theologians, athletes, and artists.  This is the most notable entry on the list: