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BE BETTER THAN YESTERDAY? BUT HOW

May 17, 2020 by

Be better than expected? But who sets the expectations? Listen hard enough and you hear everything. Then choose. Choice depends on things like science, experience, informed opinions. This is what defines who we are, choice.

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QUARANTINE CAMP RULES TO FOLLOW WHEN POSSIBLE

May 16, 2020 by

Quarantine Camp Rule #1: Be your best self. If you’ve camped in the wild, did you take a shower every day? Change clothes every day? Nobody does that. Quarantine Camp allows showers and clean clothes. You’ll find the materials nearby, like the bathroom and a closet.

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NAKED AND AFRAID: BINGE WATCHING CAMPERS STRUGGLE

May 15, 2020 by

Naked and Afraid has aired long enough for me to ignore every episode. Until last night. What better way to shed light on the covid19 quarantine than watching people camp in the wild without clothes, food, or water?

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HOTEL DUQUESNE EIFFEL FROM OREGON

May 14, 2020 by

I stayed in two rooms of the same hotel, I liked it that much. Call it Paris fever. “Hotel Duquesne Eiffel is a small 7th Arrondissement hotel within walking distance of such Left Bank sites as the Eiffel Tower and Musee d’Orsay,” from an oyster.com review.

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BASKETBALL COURT: A DATE WITH HISTORY FROM THE DRIVEWAY

May 13, 2020 by

A basketball court is today’s proving ground for American youth. Like other kids of a certain generation, though, baseball was my first proving ground. After I proved I wasn’t very good at it, something about a weak arm and slow legs, the basketball court replaced the diamond. Instead of going to a lumpy field, I […]

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CURIOUS CAT: REPORTS OF ITS DEMISE GREATLY EXAGGERATED

May 12, 2020 by

A curious cat looking for the right answers starts a journey. But where does it really begin? If it starts with reading, which books give the best answers? Young parents know this drill: Ask around at the library.

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PARIS REUNION OF THE FUTURE

May 11, 2020 by

A Paris reunion points to a specific time and place, where other reunions bring people from school or work or family. In any case, there’s always someone absent, which changes the focus from who’s there to who’s missing. Instead of guesses and speculations, try and show up and be with the others who found the […]

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MOTHERS DAY STACK: ADD AN ANNIVERSARY AND NEW CUP

May 10, 2020 by

Mothers Day some years includes a wedding anniversary. But not every year. It’s always close on the calendar, real close. When it’s the deuce, and on a Sunday, it feels like a home run, and the important thing is touching all of the bases and sliding in home.

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A BIRTHDAY, VE DAY, FLYOVER PORTLAND DAY

May 9, 2020 by

My dad’s birthday is May 8, so it was a big day before I learned about Victory in Europe, or anything in Europe. It’s still a big day. Sharing his day with the end of the worst war in the history of mankind, where industrialized death became the accepted norm, can’t be easy. Just ask […]

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FRIDAY FLEX: WHY GET READY A DAY EARLY

May 7, 2020 by

Friday flex on a Thursday? Why not Wednesday, or Tuesday? If you’ve got the flex gear, make it every day. Flex gear? Is there such a thing?

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