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LIFE ENHANCING FOR CHANGE?

May 27, 2024 by

Life enhancing, like everything else, is different for everyone. For some it’s being an online social influencer, and it’s hard work for those guys. They get up at four in the morning, take a cold shower, and hang upside down on their custom inversion table. Why? More blood to the brain. But you knew that.

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WINSTON CHURCHILL AT HOME

May 23, 2024 by

At Winston Churchill’s home there wasn’t a wax figure, or mannequin, there was Winston. Along with the old bulldog there was a hype-man, a security-man, and a secretary. The four of them were in one of the rooms in Blenheim Palace. There were a lot of rooms. but only one Churchill. The following is for […]

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TRAVEL PLANNING IN ADVANCE

May 20, 2024 by

Travel planning began a year ago, unbeknownst to me. A couple we know had taken a cruise and were ready for their next adventure. Turns out these people are more adventurous than most, with a passion for learning new things. We had connected through yard-bragging one evening at Andina in NW Portland before a Portland […]

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MAGIC ROUNDABOUT IN SWINDON

May 19, 2024 by

Magic roundabout in Swindon? How about the miracle escape from Bath? For starters, Bath was flooded with fans coming in for the music festival weekend, which some tourists see as a positive, some a negative. To balance the scale, more fans came in for the rivalry rugby game. What could go wrong?

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AIRPORT SECURITY LINE MANNERS

May 16, 2024 by

Airport security lines have rules we follow, or we don’t make the plane. No jokes, no references, no greeting to your buddy Jack with, “Hi, Jack.” If you don’t know the rules and decide to f around and find out, you not only won’t make the plane, you might find yourself on ‘the list.’ The […]

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VOTE DAY WITH BALLOT ENCLOSED

May 14, 2024 by

Vote day is finished with the ballot in the signature required envelope. It took about five minutes. Using a black ink pen I darkened the horizontal ovals for my people. You’re doing the same for your people? Let’s be clear who ‘our people’ are.

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MOTHER’S DAY LADY REVIEW

May 12, 2024 by

After one miss on Mother’s Day with sick kids, I never missed another. During the phone call to tell her about missing she decided to tell me the nuts and bolts of my adventurous conception. The date, the name of the motel, the works. What mom doesn’t share that story? I’ve since stayed in the […]

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GET MARRIED, STAY MARRIED, HERE’S HOW

May 10, 2024 by

When you get married something happens. A woman with an upcoming marriage had this to say: ‘My fiancé is so sweet. He told me it was my day and he’d do his best to make it great.’ Who wouldn’t want to hear that? Did you hear that?

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AGE APPROPRIATE FOR WHO

May 9, 2024 by

Who says, “Grow up and try to be age appropriate,” and who do they say it too? Your hair’s too long, your clothes don’t match, and you don’t smoke the same cigarettes as them. But that was a long time ago. Since 1966 we’ve learned how to find satisfaction.

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GUITAR PLAYERS OF THE PAST

April 30, 2024 by

My guitar friends say guitar players are the same from every era. Unlike current critics of the NBA who say past greats played against milkmen and plumbers and wouldn’t survive in today’s game, musicians from the past are just a request away. Or a documentary. I recently saw The Wrecking Crew.

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