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ELDERLY TRUTHS FROM OLD MAN

I watched a video clip of an old man speaking elderly truths. He looked good in his v-neck sweater and button down collared shirt. He said he was ninety-one in the most sincere way. His talk was aimed at the younger crowd, you know, around seventy. Made me feel like a teenager.

BARONIAL BEAVERTON TODAY

Last night marked a farewell to Baronial Beaverton, a home of dreams and vision. The first time I walked in I knew something was different. I didn’t make a fuss over the awe-inspiring place right off the bat, but now? I doubt I’ll see anything like it again.

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL IS SUPPLY CHAIN MAGIC

A brick sounds simple. It’s just a brick like the one above, below, and on each side. Most of the time it’s not important, that brick, and it just does it’s work quietly. The work part makes it an icon. That brick didn’t fall out of the sky and get picked up by some wayward […]

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS ON DOWN STREAM SUPPLY CHAIN BUYS

Following directions? It sounds so easy, so easy that anyone could do it. So why don’t they? Bad directions? Incomplete? Or maybe directions don’t apply to you because you’ve been everywhere and done everything? That’s where I usually start. And yes, I’ve had some regrets, leftover parts, and malfunctions. But that was then, way back […]

BROKEN STAIRWAY? HOW TO REPLACE IT

My mother in law walked down a broken stairway for sixteen years. I’d replaced treads and firmed up the handrails, but we still joked about it. “An independent observer might think my son in law is trying to kill me by falling through these steps,” she laughed. “If the fall doesn’t kill you, my snake […]