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MESSY MIDDLE FROM WHERE YOU START TO WHERE YOU FINISH

May 6, 2021 by

The messy middle waits for people in transition, just like writers in the dangerous second act. Sometimes it drags out over a lifetime, sometimes a day. The difference is awareness. It’s the messy middle. The middle is always messy. From a story perspective lets take The Great Gatsby for the first example.

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FRIDAY MORNING PHOENIX FROM THE FIFTEENTH FLOOR

May 5, 2021 by

Friday morning in Phoenix was one empty street after another. I’m not complaining, but where was everybody? No dodging traffic, no waiting to cross a street. It felt abandoned, but maybe that’s normal during a pandemic?

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ARIZONA TRAIL: RULES OF THE ROAD FROM THE GET-GO

May 4, 2021 by

An Arizona trail gets hot fast. That’s news for those who don’t get outside often enough. A heat warning is what you need if you never open a window. It’s Arizona after all, a place famous for the heat, the sort of heat that will take you down and choke you out. Which explains the […]

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AGING EXPERTS PLAN FOR OLD AGE

May 3, 2021 by

Aging experts come in all shapes and sizes. And ages. They don’t need to be a hundred years old to be an aging expert. Or a PhD Gerontologist.

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MODERN ELDER SHINES A LIGHT

May 2, 2021 by

The modern elder moves the life needle from aging to ageless. Experience makes the difference. They are flesh and blood resources doing what reference books have done to navigate an uncertain future. By the way, an uncertain future is what we all have in store. What is the best approach?

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FIGHT TOGETHER, OR AGAINST EACH OTHER

May 1, 2021 by

Fight together if you have goals and aspirations. Face it, going it alone is too hard. A solitary life won’t understand how this works. Neither will a shallow life that bows to every new fad and flavor. The problem for too many is what to do if they bow down so far they fall on […]

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READERS HELP CARRY THE WRITING LOAD

April 30, 2021 by

Readers help writers with comments on their work and it opens new doors. Like this: BoomerPDX – thank you once again for sharing your perspective in a way that almost always, no actually always, broadens mine. Your humor, honesty, colorful language and passion make these blogs the most interesting to read. I don’t get to […]

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OLD AGE SCREAMS, “GIVE ME MY REVERENCE”

April 28, 2021 by

Old age in many cultures bring celebrations and reverence. Why? If you rack up enough years and you’re the last one standing, you are an automatic authority on the era you lived through. Pretty easy stuff so far. Too easy? Unless you get old in America. Then it’s a different story. There’s a deflection point […]

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LIFE PATH? SHOULDN’T THERE BE BETTER SIGNS

April 27, 2021 by

My life path included picking up a rental car in Barcelona, Spain. A taxi took me from the VRBO apartment in the Gothic District to the train station car office. The key to success was memorizing the path back. I had two chances since I didn’t know to bring my passport for a car rental. […]

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SIGNATURE MOVE, AND WHY YOU NEED ONE

April 26, 2021 by

A signature move is something expected, predictable. It’s an identifiable characteristic. You’ve got a signature move whether you know it or not. Ask someone. We used to watch the biggest fight in the world on free TV when Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Once he dropped an opponent, up when his arms. That was his […]

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