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TIME OUT FOR YOU, YOU, AND YOU

The first ‘time out’ I ever heard came during a grade school basketball game. Coach: Do you know who you’re supposed to be guarding? Me: No. Coach: Guard the other team, not ours. Me: Oh. Okay.

SEVEN SUMMITS OF BULL MOUNTAIN

Seven summits mean one thing to mountain climbers: They’ve gone all the way and can’t get much higher. The rest of us can only dream of what it takes to climb and climb and climb again. But what if you have a mountain near by? How about a hill?

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH TOO CLOSE TO HOME?

A neighborhood watch group creates a bond. People looking out for the best interest of others? That’s the glue holding communities together. But things get a little sticky when they turn on you. It started with walking the dog.

WEIGHT LOSS: DOES MY MAN MUU MUU MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

Weight loss is a cruel joke on December 23rd. Christmas cookies, Christmas candy, Christmas cake and pie? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Eat it or risk hurting someone’s feelings. Eat it and say you liked it.

SPORTS TALK: “SO WHAT? NOW WHAT”

“So what,” is sports talk when things take a turn for the worse. And keep getting worse. Then comes the, “Now what,” part. Do you ride it on down, or . . . ?

WORKING HARD IS HARD WORK. WHO KNEW?

Working hard used to be a rite of passage. “Start sooner than later and enjoy the rewards longer,” was the message. So hit the grind and go until there’s nothing left to grind, like this cartoon from the New Yorker? Then what?

FIRE CONTROL: HOW NOT TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSE

Fire control is not this man’s strong point. Not mine or my neighbor’s either. Two out of the three of us caught things on fire, and this guy’s next.

OREGON ZEALOT AHEAD OF HIS TIME: LON MABON AND THE OCA

An Oregon zealot once roamed the landscape. As zealots go, he had a good run. It would have been a great run if he’d had more money. Luckily, he wasn’t as well funded as more recent zealots.

AGING UP, NOT OUT

For aging up, you need a good role model. This is mine, my mother in law. She aged up well right until the end.

OREGON BEAUTY FROM EVERY DIRECTION

Oregon beauty starts with a walk out my front door. This is the view if I find the right spot, which I always do. (It’s not a mystery.) I think it would be a better without the trees, without the house, but that’s not how things work. That’s not how change happens, by wishing things […]