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PERSONAL MEMOIR, NOT THE OTHER KIND

December 9, 2022 by

Personal memoir says, “Too few people take the time to explore themselves thoroughly.” Unless you’re married. Then it’s too little exploring, too much exploring, what’s with all this exploring, what are you, a narcissist? Funny you’d ask.

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LATE BLOOMERS CROWD THE STAGE

December 4, 2022 by

Who loves late bloomers? Not the people they crowd out. It’s hard enough getting any traction and gains without someone new showing up and taking all of the attention. To make it even worse, they might be Baby Boomers.

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RED FLAG IN MORNING, BOOMER TAKE WARNING

December 2, 2022 by

Ordinarily a red flag is a warning, a fire warning, a dire warning. See one of those on the news and get your boogie bag packed. That’s a big red flag, not the one for this post. Let’s look at the small ones just for baby boomers who have it all. And, based on current […]

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FEARLESS LIVING, AND OTHER MYTHS

December 1, 2022 by

The key to Fearless Living? Don’t live past a certain age. But what’s that age? The most fearless person I know is two years old, but they don’t know how fearless they are. Who among is living fearlessly past two? Who is not?

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MARRIAGE ADVICE FOR FREE, DAVE IS EXTRA

November 25, 2022 by

Marriage advice from the never married, or multiple married, is like writing your weight on a restroom wall. Why write your weight on a restroom wall? So, in case you fall in, they’ll know how much to take out. How much is thirty six years? No one knows.

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PERSONAL ENDURANCE, THE SECRET SUPER POWER

November 24, 2022 by

Personal endurance for Thanksgiving, 2022? Give me more of that. At least I’m not going to the store . . . yet. And I haven’t had stuffing for breakfast . . . yet. But I still have chopping to do, chopping with a cut finger, so I’m playing hurt. In fact it hurts to write […]

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THANKSGIVING GIVERS GIVE MORE THAN THEY KNOW

November 23, 2022 by

Thanksgiving givers showed up after I moved to Portland, Oregon in 1980. I was gone a short time to learn how people get engaged and unengaged. The lesson I learned sunk in while I trolled Brooklyn, NY. Then it was time to come back.

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BLOGGER RULES: COMPLAIN, A LOT

November 17, 2022 by

Blogger rules depend on the personality of the writer, but complaining endlessly is a common thread. I’m not a complainer, so it’s more difficult. Where is the starting line?

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LIFETIME LEARNING MEANS HOMEWORK FOREVER?

November 14, 2022 by

Lifetime learning means not quitting until you figure things out. It also means knowing what you don’t know and when to call an expert. This is when it gets dicey. You know what you don’t know, but still wonder if the experts know more. These are the lessons of when to listen and learn.

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LOSE BETTER FOR THE NEXT WIN

November 13, 2022 by

“Lose better” Oregon Ducks and Blazers. At least don’t lose on the same day. In the same time window. One is enough, and if I had to pick one loser on Saturday it would have been ‘your Portland Trail Blazers.’ This is where I start crying about the Ducks. Again. Waaaaaa.

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