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AMERICAN PIE REVIEW

October 28, 2023 by

I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buckWith a pink carnation and a pickup truck The song came out in 1971. My older brother had a pickup truck. After he graduated high school it became my pickup truck. But not really.

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EVERY DAY IS A FRESH START. WHAT IF IT’S NOT?

October 27, 2023 by

That fresh start includes a shower and a shave. Okay, a shower, but keep it short. I felt a fresh start every day on the road for 4100 miles. And then? Husband time.

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AMERICAN LETTERS FROM THERE

October 13, 2023 by

  My American letters began sixty-eight years ago. But that wasn’t nearly old enough. So I pulled a college history degree, American History with an emphasis in NW History including seminars on the Origins of WWI, and post-WWII Germany. Was I intrigued, or just taking classes that fit my time frame? Both. And it still […]

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ATOMIC BOMB EDUCATION FOR THE KIDS

October 7, 2023 by

Atomic bomb work never ends at Los Alamos. That’s where the legends began and this is the museum that tells the story. The Bradbury Science Museum. Who doesn’t like a good science museum for family fun?

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AUTHORITY FIGURES? KEEP LOOKING

September 27, 2023 by

Authority figures come in all shapes and sizes. The strangest are those who don’t know their role. Do you know who looks up to you? You should. Who do you look up to?

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LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO MAKE NOW

September 25, 2023 by

Lifestyle changes? Either you make them or they’re made for you. This picture shows a flat bench with 225 lbs on the rack. You won’t take this off the rack if you neglected to protect your shoulders with lots of warming up. What about surgically repaired joints, like the shoulder?

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LOVE WORKING, AND OTHER MYTHS

September 24, 2023 by

Love working? Go ahead and love it up. Explain how anyone loves working makes you sound like you’ve never had a job. Have you? Did you love it? Here’s a view from coast to coast:

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CHANGING SEASONS = CHANGING CLIMATE?

September 21, 2023 by

Changing seasons were more of a mystery when human intelligence gathered and agreed that the sun and stars all moved around the earth. Back then we were the center of the universe. Man, those were the good old days. Or were they?

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GRASSROOTS WORK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

September 20, 2023 by

Grassroots work for the future is making noise. In our digital age ‘grassroots’ means something different than other times. The Attention Economy asks but one question: “Can you make me care about your cause?”

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USEFUL BOOMERS FOR MATERIAL CULTURE

September 16, 2023 by

Useful boomers should know things, the sort of things that show a certain level of awareness. Awareness is useful, so is cleanliness. Directing that awareness to history is even more useful. But it can’t be funky history, so let’s start with the basic question: What Happened? People need to know the right stuff.

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