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FATHER’S DAY FROM OLD DAD TO NEW DAD ALL TOGETHER

Father’s Day comes every year, but that first one is something else. A new dad on his day lays the groundwork of tradition for every Father’s Day for the next fifty years. Will it be like a birthday? Christmas? Or eventually just another day on the calendar? The easy answer: It depends on the kids. […]

CANCER AWARENESS ADVICE: HPV IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Cancer awareness question: What cancer has a vaccine? Cancer awareness answer: HPV cancer. What cancer threat creates a bitter response from parents: HPV cancer. Why would some random advice blogger give a damn? Please continue.

TEETH MATTER MORE TO BOOMERS. HERE’S WHY

Teeth matter because oral health is so important. Google ‘oral health heart risk’ if you want more proof than some blogger spewing online. Better yet, and what sets me apart from your average dipstick, I’ll do it for you. Here to help:

NO PHOTO ZONE? 3 PLACES YOU DON’T WANT TO FIND YOURSELF

The No Photo Zone is bigger than three, but something happened recently to link historical and cultural events. Three days ago an old man paid the piper for: Doing a job in 1940’s Germany. Even now people get arrested for their concentration camp guard pasts.

STRESSED FEELINGS OF PEOPLE, ANXIOUS PEOPLE

Stressed feelings are an overload signal, like a surge protector. If your life is a barrel, it carries everything important inside. We add and subtract, move things around. Now and then it overflows. It’s not a ‘disturbance in the force,’ overflow, not at first. But it is messy. Now what? You need to ask?

ELLEN URBANI MAKES GOOD TROUBLE

Ellen Urbani wrote an essay published in Time Magazine. “Our president wants you to believe I am a terrorist, a professional agitator stalking the Pacific Northwest.“ The title of the essay was, “I’m a Mom Who Came Out to Protest for Black Lives in Portland. I Was Shot by Federal Agents.” That’s where the wheelchair […]

EMOTIONAL RESISTANCE TRAINING RESCUE

Emotional resistance training is more than ignoring bad news and waiting for clouds to lift. It takes a little work, a little effort. The definition of resistance training is clear and plain: improve muscles by making them work against a weight or force. The same definition applies to emotions: When we get challenged in a […]

PROFESSIONAL BLOGGER or HOBBY BLOGGER

A professional blogger reads the room, knows their audience, and edits like a crazy person. Being a professional means never getting caught mistaking to, too, or two. The same with they’re, there, and their. Accept and except, its and it’s fill out the card. Being a pro means taking greater interests in what moves the […]

BROTHER CHECK IN: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY

A Facebook friend posted about a brother check, or check-in. Apparently he’s got lots of brothers, or he was using the inclusive ‘brother’ to remind everyone to check in with their loved ones during the corona virus pandemic. If you have a brother, a sister, or anyone you care about, what do you want to […]

FUN TIME BALANCES REGRET AND REMORSE

A fun time is the break in the clouds, a ray of sunshine on an otherwise darkened day. How’s that working this week? We all having a fun time yet? If not, why not? Maybe we need a new soundtrack, new songs for this space in time? (Thank you Ten Years After.)

CANCER AWARENESS ADVICE: HPV IN THE SPOTLIGHT

TEETH MATTER MORE TO BOOMERS. HERE’S WHY

NO PHOTO ZONE? 3 PLACES YOU DON’T WANT TO FIND YOURSELF

STRESSED FEELINGS OF PEOPLE, ANXIOUS PEOPLE

ELLEN URBANI MAKES GOOD TROUBLE

PROFESSIONAL BLOGGER or HOBBY BLOGGER

BROTHER CHECK IN: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY

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