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HEALING PROCESS SECRET? STAY OUT OF THE WAY

September 21, 2021 by

I learned about the healing process early. The first fourteen years included two brothers, then a sister. My dad used to tell us to “quiet down, there’s a sick man in the hospital.” In North Bend, Oregon, the hospital was about a mile and a half from our house. We weren’t that noisy. After a […]

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DIFFERENT COUNTRY? DIFFERENT THAN WHAT?

September 8, 2021 by

Every time I read, “We’re a different country now,” I start picking things apart. We’re different because some man or woman got their feelings hurt? Different because someone didn’t get their way and had a meltdown? It sounds different, but what’s really going on? I call it EMPOWERMENT, where normally quiet people discover the sound […]

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UPDATED LIFE: STARTING SOMETHING NEW TO FINISH

August 4, 2021 by

An updated life, from new paint, new flowers, to new shoes, asks a question: What was wrong with the old life? Like there had to be something wrong to change things? Yes, that’s usually a good reason, but so is getting a different angle. Update, refresh, begin again. Call it one of those, add a […]

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WINERY REMINDER: KNOW YOUR TASTING GLASS

July 10, 2021 by

This is a winery reminder for Oregon wine country: If you buy a flight of wine to taste test, keep track of your glass. A seven-wine flight doesn’t mean seven glasses. But you probably know this. Since I live within shouting distance from one winery after another, now I know.

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OREGON DRUGS: MEASURE 110 EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW IDEAS

June 21, 2021 by

Oregon drugs were put to the vote last November and the results were clear. Last fall Oregon voters decriminalized possession of small amounts of almost all hard drugs, taking a groundbreaking step away from the arrest, charge and jail model for possession that’s been a centerpiece of American drug policy. Arrest. Charge. Jail. The new […]

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YOUR TRIBE: HAVE YOU FOUND IT, OR STILL LOOKING

May 20, 2021 by

Your tribe is waiting and it’s accepting memberships, if that’s the sort of tribe that appeals to you. Or maybe you’re more of a “Membership? We don’t need no stinking membership” sort of person. Either way, the yearning for connection, human connections, isn’t going away. But which tribe is your tribe? A few clues:

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LOSER LESSONS FOR A LIFETIME OF HOPE

May 13, 2021 by

Loser lessons make good winners. The trick is finding context. The particular context is knowing you’re not a lifetime loser because of a few events that didn’t turn our your way. I’ve had a few, you’ve had a few. Anyone who says they haven’t had a few are only lying to themselves. Some loser lessons […]

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FAMILY MAN? WHO WERE YOU BEFORE THAT

October 11, 2020 by

Every man is a family man until it’s time to do what family men do. “But, Dave, what do family men do?” I’ll answer before you ask, because you were going to.

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FRONT YARD LADY FRIENDS BEFORE THE SMOKE

September 15, 2020 by

A big reveal from the forest fires in Oregon is understanding the front yard. With a little help, all of the beauty of shrubbery would burn. Before the fires and smoke, when it was a ‘normal’ lockdown pandemic, the front yard was a place to host friends for lunch. More accurately, it was where my […]

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GYM HIGHLIGHTS: WHERE THE GAINS KEEP COMING

September 2, 2020 by

Gym memories, gym highlights, are treasures to hold close. It felt like the only place a civilized society could get in touch with their inner ass kicker. Luckily for rest of the world, gym rats focus on kicking their own ass, not others. But there’s still come crossover, and those are the best gym highlights.

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