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CHOOSING SIDES: IT’S MORE THAN SHIRTS vs SKINS?

February 25, 2023 by

The secret to choosing sides? Sometimes you don’t choose, you get chosen, picked. Then you find yourself standing on one side of a line. How do you make sure it’s the best side for you when you know the other will eventually look better?

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BETTER MAN FOR WHO, FOR WHAT?

February 20, 2023 by

If someone asks you to be a better man, not their Best Man, what do you say? What do you do? You could agree to make a better effort. Or you could let it go. Either way, you’ve got a problem. Then what?

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TIME OUT FOR YOU, YOU, AND YOU

February 19, 2023 by

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.

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DREAM OREGON FIRST, THEN GET TO WORK

February 14, 2023 by

Dream Oregon first, or you’ll be working in someone else’s dream. Will it be to your liking? If you don’t have a dream, you won’t know the difference. So let’s figure it out based on experience, my experience.

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MUSICAL ENDURANCE CLASS FOR THE NON-MUSICAL

February 11, 2023 by

Musical endurance means hitting the same note over and over the rest of your life. Sounds easy, right? Because it is. If you were one of the gifted, the lucky, the special, you started early and have been doing it your whole life. However, if that’s not you, play the blues in E. That’s your […]

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SEVEN SUMMITS OF BULL MOUNTAIN

February 10, 2023 by

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?

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ONE PORTLAND BABY BOOMER DECADE

February 9, 2023 by

My Portland baby boomer decade began in 1980. It began when I stepped off the bus after a three day ride from Manhattan. (Hey, B.) For twenty-six year old me it was a life changer. By 1990 I was heading out.

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NEW NAKED GYM GUY BOUNDARIES UPDATE, 2023

February 3, 2023 by

  You have boundaries; naked gym guy needs boundaries.  Who sets the boundaries? Two normal people join a gym: one of them works out and goes home, the other works out and showers at the gym. Then it breaks down further. Two people shower at the gym: sweaty guys and those who like to shower […]

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CALM SURRENDER LIFESTYLE, AND DOG TRAINING

January 25, 2023 by

The first I’d heard of ‘calm surrender’ came from a chemo clinic nurse. I asked her what someone like me was supposed to do during cancer treatment. She said surrender calmly. I told her Gillaspie isn’t a French name. Nurse Michel was not amused, but she was right.

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DIALECT STORIES TOLD IN TONGUES

January 24, 2023 by

Based on a particular vocabulary, all stories are dialect stories. From Mark Twain to Forrest Gump, and every stop in between. But what happens when language jumps off the page with directions, or recipes, or, wait for it: Feelings?

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