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TRAVEL COMPANIONS PAST & FUTURE

Travel companions come in two varieties: Two legged and four legged. The two feet in the top pic belong to my best road-tripper. Wife travel keeps everything in order, like checking in at the airport. But what if you skip the flying?

AUTHORITY FIGURES? KEEP LOOKING

Authority figures come in all shapes and sizes. The strangest are those who don’t know their role. Do you know who looks up to you? You should. Who do you look up to?

SELF DEFENSE EMAIL WITH TACTICAL DEALS

Self defense: a response to threat? Or a response to advertised threat? You are minding your own business deleting pushed email day after day from the same sources. Then it hits:

OREGON EVOLUTION AT THE STATE FAIR

Oregon evolution means securing the human necessities of food, shelter, and clothing. Of course you know that. But have you seen the twist on necessities at the Oregon State Fair? Have you? Let’s start at the beginning.

SPORTS LEGACY: A REMINDER

Sports legacy can be a ghost that shows up when you least expect it. Wrestling takes it a little further. One moment you’re grinding through another practice in a forgotten room in the basement of the oldest building on campus; the next you’re in a beautiful dedicated room in the same school. The difference? Fifty […]

NATURAL BEAUTY, OR CLOSE ENOUGH

Natural beauty? You know it when you see it. You should know it when you see it after a certain age. Do you see natural beauty, or do beauty ‘influencers’ show you? Let’s start at the beginning. Let’s start with your mom, my mom, any mom.

QUIT NOW? THEN WHAT

Quit now and forever hold your peace? Who do you say that to? And who would listen? Quitting is the easy part, it’s what comes next that’s hard to figure out.

MOVING ON FROM OAKLAND CALIFORNIA

‘Moving on’ means one thing: So long suckers. But it’s different when it’s ‘your team’ that leaves town. What must Oakland California be feeling? As a sharp-eyed blogger I’d say the feeling is . . . relief. And here’s why:

LIVE BETTER? IT STARTS AT HOME

I want to live better. So do you. We just don’t say it out loud. Why? Because everyone wants to live better, they just don’t want to do the work. And if they do the work, they get it wrong. For example:

ROSE GARDEN FLOWER GIRL TEST

When the rose garden calls how do you answer? There’s only one answer when it includes a birthday for a flower girl. And with a flower girl. With four flower girls? It started two weeks ago.