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COMMUNITY LIVING: APARTMENT BUILDING vs CUL DE SAC

February 11, 2021 by

Community living is as close as most people get to being where “Everybody knows your name.” Cheers. Old Flat Top lives on the second floor, last door on the left. He dates Cindy on the third floor. Her place has a beautiful curved wall. They’re thinking about moving in together. Her place, not his. They’ve […]

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WORDS: FREEDOM’S JUST ANOTHER WORD? NO, NO IT’S NOT

January 15, 2021 by

Words change with age. For a few years I lived next to a quirky neighbor. Sound familiar? Most folks have either had one, or been one. I was already there when he moved in, a ripped muscle-man with a crewcut. ‘Great,’ I thought, I’ve got either a policeman neighbor, or a gym kook. Either way […]

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QUIET REQUEST: MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN IT MATTERS

November 17, 2020 by

A quiet request often gets lost in the noise of, “OMG, WHAT JUST HAPPENED.” It gets drowned out in, “PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID I CAN’T BELIEVE IT.” But if you listen hard, you hear the quiet request, the gentle reminder, the question that needs answering.

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HOW BASKETBALL CREATED A COMMUNITY OF FRIENDSHIP

July 2, 2020 by

Basketball is one of then smaller teams in team sports. Baseball carries nine players the field, football eleven, but only five for hoops. And it’s the only one of the big three where players can compete one on one. In the other sports the most you can do with two is play catch.

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FATHER’S DAY INSPECTION

June 21, 2020 by

This is a Father’s Day inspection I’m glad I didn’t see as a kid. My dad is the guy with the sword. A sword?

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BLOGGER COMMUNITY, NOT A WRITING COMMUNITY

June 4, 2020 by

The blogger community runs parallel to the writing community. From most vantage points, it’s looks similar, but it’s not. The biggest difference is accountability, and that means money, a question of either making money, spending money, or both. The correct answer is both.

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PORTLAND MOVEABLE FEAST: COMMUNITY

May 29, 2017 by

    “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” Would Hemingway say the same about a Portland moveable feast? He would if he booked Eastburn for dinner. Try […]

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