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SYLVIA PLATH JOINS WILLAMETTE WRITERS WITH KATE GRAY

February 5, 2020 by

Kate Gray explained Sylvia Plath in the best way possible: she wants the world to know ‘the girl’ Plath was before her junior year in college. I sat in the full-house crowd at Willamette Writers monthly meeting in downtown Portland, marveling that anyone could give such a thorough breakdown of a real person; that anyone […]

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MOHS SURGERY: WHAT TO EXPECT, HOW TO REACT

February 3, 2020 by

Mohs surgery is another way of saying: “WTF just happened to my face?” Everyone I’ve talked to has had a similar reaction to this: “I wasn’t expecting anything so dramatic.” Is that a ‘normal’ reaction? Based on experience, I say it is. Here’s why:

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TRANSITIONAL MALE BONDING HISTORY

February 1, 2020 by

Please don’t explain the definition of transitional male. From a point of view as a male of the species, I like to think I’m always transitioning from who I am to a better version of who I am. But, as I’m constantly reminded by those who know, it’s not always about me. Of course they’re […]

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WHY HEART BREAKS NEVER BREAK EVEN FOR ANYONE

January 31, 2020 by

Like serious illness, heart breaks are best left for others, not you and I. It’s just easier when it’s someone else. At a distance. The further the better. That way you can learn from them in case it happens to you.

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WHY AMERICAN MILITARY ARE STATIONED IN GERMANY AND JAPAN

January 30, 2020 by

My sources say over 33,000 US military personnel live in Germany, and 50,000 in Japan when their census came in in 2013. I’m part of the chorus asking, “Why?” Then I remember WWII.

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BOOK HISTORY: LIVE IT THEN WRITE IT

January 29, 2020 by

Book history could be about the printing press, except books existed before the printing press. Just not as many, and not all in Europe.

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AMERICAN WEED MAP, WITH HIGHWAY TO HELL

January 26, 2020 by

Google ‘legal weed map America’ and this is what you get. Or, maybe it was ‘legal weed state map.’ The pic is a screen shot. The dark left side are legal weed states with weed stores. The bottom right is a lighter shade on most maps.

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NOSY IS DIFFERENT IF YOU’RE THE NOSY ONE?

January 25, 2020 by

Who’s the nosy one in your circle of people? Do they still have their noses? If they do, maybe they’re not nosy enough; that’s where we come in.

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EMPATHY ADDICTION: IT HURTS WHEN I FEEL

January 23, 2020 by

Is empathy addiction a call to action every time you feel something so intensely you have to do something? “That could’ve been me; I’ll make sure it never happens again.”

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DRY JANUARY IN PORTLAND OREGON WITHOUT THE JITTERS

January 22, 2020 by

The first time I mentioned Dry January to a stranger, they corrected me. “I believe you mean Sober October.”

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