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Baby Bison Red Dog Travelogue From Yellowstone To Oregon

She saw me in the bookstore outside the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone. She wanted something to remind her of the visit. I’m glad there wasn’t a moose in the house. She really wanted to see a moose and I’d still be in the park. The first night was good. […]

LIFE MARATHON ENDS EARLY FOR QUITTERS

You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it, we’ve both felt it. We’re tired and don’t know why, because a life marathon doesn’t have a finish line. Eating right, getting rest, and still tired. Is it a baby boomer lament, or just the way it is? Maybe it’s time to sit it out […]

SOCIOPATH GENERATION GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION?

Does an entire sociopath generation give a hoot about being called a sociopath generation? Not when it comes from some GenX hack selling his new book. I mean that in the nicest way, but sometimes it gets tiring hearing outsiders rag the home team, even if it fits the program of […]

BOOMER GENERATION BREAKS AMERICA ON TIME COVER BUT NOT IN OUR HEARTS

At some point every generation can take credit for breaking America. The pinata of democracy is strong enough to take a few whacks. It helps that those swinging the stick are usually too old to do much damage, but watching them still hurts. Steven Brill explains it all for baby boomers, […]

GYM MEMORIAL FOR BOOMERS

The first thing you notice in a new gym is the pecking order. Strong guys group together. Old guys over there. Young men pumping out the reps. Ladies all over the place on every piece of equipment. Women have the gym all figured out. Guys not so much. Over time a few […]

DIVORCE NEW NORMAL: “WAS IT ANOTHER GUY?”

Older people, a goal baby boomers are moving toward at hyper speed, have heard more joy and heartache than anyone else. We’ve got at least ten thousand hours in each encompassing most every possible outcome. At recent bar stop I learned a whole new take on divorce for modern times. It came […]

KA-BAR TO THE RESCUE AGAINST BEARS AND OTHERS

One of the benefits of being an Armed Forces veteran from the mid-70’s is the ability to relate to other veterans, to show respect for their service today. History is full of great moments of grace and dignity, pomp and circumstance, but veteran to veteran isn’t about a parade, or acknowledgement. Getting […]

A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY

North Bend Oregon High School, class of 1973. What’s so special? Like later generations staking their claims to, ‘the first digital generation’ or ‘the first paperless generation’ or ‘the first generation raised on video games,’ the generational niche of 1973 is ‘the first modern generation.’ Born of the roaring ’50’s with TV dinners […]

AMERICAN EDUCATION STARTS WITH THE FIRST WORD

American education teaches and American education does some learning too, as in we learn how to teach. Isn’t that the happy ending education promises? Learn how to treat others as you would have them treat you. Why does that sound so biblical? This is where the separation does neither American public […]

Baby Bison Red Dog Travelogue From Yellowstone To Oregon

LIFE MARATHON ENDS EARLY FOR QUITTERS

SOCIOPATH GENERATION GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION?

BOOMER GENERATION BREAKS AMERICA ON TIME COVER BUT NOT IN OUR HEARTS

GYM MEMORIAL FOR BOOMERS

KA-BAR TO THE RESCUE AGAINST BEARS AND OTHERS

A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY

SHOW UP LATE? APOLOGIZE AND PROMISE TO JUMP

AMERICAN EDUCATION STARTS WITH THE FIRST WORD

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