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DIVORCE NEW NORMAL: “WAS IT ANOTHER GUY?”

March 15, 2018 by

    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 […]

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NORMAL TO NEW NORMAL A SHORTER WALK

March 2, 2018 by

    Exercise geeks always have something wrong. Not the biggest complainers in any room I’m in, but it’s always something. Why? Because small nagging aches and pains are proof of a finely tuned machine.   Like a racehorse where every muscle glistens down the backstretch. Or a fastball pitcher, guys who look like their […]

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HPV16 TONGUE CANCER HARD TO UNDERSTAND? HOLD MY BEER

March 1, 2018 by

        Hpv16 tongue cancer is hard to understand, but only if you look at the numbers.   From cbsnews.com:   Eleven million American men are infected with oral human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to cancers of the head, neck and throat, a new study reports.   That equates to 1 in 9 […]

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NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS KNOW NUTRITION FIRST

February 27, 2018 by

  My wife shared a joke with me. She’s a naturopathic physician, Dr. Gillaspie. It had nothing to do with the old television show with young Dr. Kildare and his colleague Dr. Gillaspie.   “Early in our practices doctors from my class would talk about what it must be like as an RD, a real […]

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WORLD CANCER DAY DIFFERENCE FOR EVERY CANCER TREATMENT

February 6, 2018 by

Everyone is different. How different is the question. And the answer?   World Cancer Day is one of the differences. Some embrace it, some ignore it, while still others share.   Call this a share.  

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FAMILY SHAME HELPS A GROWN MAN SCHEDULE CHECK UP

February 4, 2018 by

  In a traditional wedding picture there’s a couple staring at the camera with faces radiating the joy of the day.   It’s a look of happiness as they look forward to the rest of their lives together.   Getting married is more than a date, it’s a roll of the dice on the long […]

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MAKE NEW NORMAL BETTER THAN OLD NORMAL? THAT’S THE NEW JOB

January 6, 2018 by

    I’ll never to get used to hearing about the ‘new normal,’ which is a pretty common topic after cancer treatment. “How is your new normal?” I’ve heard. “Do you miss the things you can’t do anymore?” I’ve heard. What’s the right answer? There is no right answer, but the questions ought to serve […]

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PORTLAND STORY THEATER TELLS THE TALE AT WILLAMETTE WRITERS

January 3, 2018 by

  Lawrence Howard and Lynne Duddy ran the first Willamette Writers meeting of 2018. For all the wishes for a Happy New Year still echoing, their presentation confirmed the idea.   I came in right as they started and found a seat in the back, the last seat open. I start every meeting with high […]

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WRITER TRAINING: PACK HEAVY FOR #writertraining

December 24, 2017 by

  Writer training is more than a classroom, more than paper and pencil, fingers and keyboard, more than listening.   It is sweating and struggling and wishing you’d made a different choice. Not about being a writer, but about those damn books.   The importance of jamming writing books into a heavy duty backpack, heavy […]

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CANCER TREATMENT: 5 THINGS I KNEW BEFORE STARTING

December 21, 2017 by

    I will submit to the cancer treatment sequence of events that may or may not do what is predicted. Like a lamb to slaughter, I would submit to whatever it took to kill the shit out of hpv16 throat cancer.   In the writing world we all dream of that one ‘YES’ that […]

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