Does a ‘marriage trap’ sound different than a marriage between two movie stars? Edward Hopper painted what looks like a marriage trap. A couple in a room ignoring each other, trying to find anything to do besides talk. He reads bad news, she taps a sad note. Looks like a trap to me. But, what’s […]
HOLIDAY HEART SYNDROME REVIEW FROM CARDIAC REHAB
Holiday heart syndrome information hits home when you hear about it during a session in cardiac rehab. Everyone in the room, except the staff, wore a heart monitor power pack strapped around their neck with three contacts attached to wires. White contact attached to the right collar bone, the other two on the side below […]
PROCESS MATTERS WHEN YOU WANT TO GET SOMEPLACE
Process matters if you’re going places, or want to go. It matters even when you don’t plan on going anywhere, because plans or not, you’re heading places. The pull of time drags us all along, kicking and screaming, fearful and spooked, and never loosens up. Don’t want to go? Too bad, you’re still going. Process […]
MARRIED LIFE 2021: TAKE THE CLEAN-UP CHALLENGE
Married life at its best brings out more in the partners than any other relationship. Sometimes it’s too much, and that’s the challenge. How you react to the unexpected, then use it as a learning tool, tells you all about married life. For example, what would you do if . . .
HUSBAND DRINKING: HOW TO SNEAK OUT FOR BEERS THE RIGHT WAY
Two men walked into a bar for some husband drinking, a couple of silhouettes in the glaring sun. They looked like two weekend yard guys at happy hour, jeans and t-shirts, mid-fifties. In different clothes they’d fit in at any country club. Tight haircuts and smooth shaves do that. One ordered a Black and Tan, […]
BEER DRINKING THE HARD WAY WITH A FAIR FATHER
Most times, when it comes to beer drinking, you need a plan. The easy part is when and where. Then it gets tougher. Which beer to drink has become an identity check. In a place like Portland Beer City, a beer identity means everything. Beer cred means never getting caught with a commercial light beer. […]
GOING FULL BOOMER: WHAT IT IS
Full boomer is not a goal to achieve, it is a scene to avoid. How do I know this? Evidence, I have evidence, and it’s not something I read, or saw on TV.
WHAT SORT OF PARENT DID YOUR PARENTS WARN YOU ABOUT
Did you become the sort of parent your parents warned you about? Are you surprised? We had stern warnings growing up about kids from unsupervised homes, which meant anyone different than us. Those were houses we weren’t allowed to visit. It was supposed to be a vaccine against hard partying high school nights. […]
DUII FOR MILLENNIALS: THE MOVIE
What’s The ‘You’ In DUII For Millennials? You’ve seen the ad on TV? The drunk driving ad? Two young couples out for a good time. Jackets and ties and ladies in nice dresses. Laughing, drinking. Probably have babysitters waiting to go home. More laughing. Then the drive home. The police roadblock. Nobody funny now. The […]