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SAD SONGS ON SUNDAY? PERFECT

May 7, 2023 by

Sad Songs by Elton John on Sunday: If someone else is suffering enough oh to write it downWhen every single word makes senseThen it’s easier to have those songs aroundThe kick inside is in the line that finally gets to youAnd it feels so good to hurt so badAnd suffer just enough to sing the […]

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COLLEGE DANCE IN HIGH SCHOOL, 1972

November 28, 2022 by

A college dance had a special allure to high school kids. We were high school homers in 1972; the college was Southwestern Oregon Community College, or: SWOCC. The campus was in Coos Bay, Oregon, a city of mystery and sawdust. I’d never been to a college dance, but I was a high school junior and […]

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‘BACK HOME’ IS THE SADDEST PLACE

August 3, 2022 by

“Back home we don’t call it that.” Those are the words I overheard at Tapphoria. Two people at another table were going over things. They weren’t from here and the more they talked the more each mentioned their own ‘back home.’ I know homesick when I hear it.

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CONTAGIOUS FRIENDSHIP LESSONS FROM REAL LIFE

June 11, 2022 by

Contagious friendship sounds odd in the Covid era, but what else can you call it? People dedicated to spending time with each other make it happen. The best part is how friendship influences another. If this is your experience also, then you need to answer one question:

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NO FRIENDS? SOUNDS LIKE A SAFE LIFE

March 27, 2022 by

During ‘my research’ I came across this gem: “If you have no friends you’ll probably never get Covid19.” This isn’t the sort of research that leads to cockeyed ideas on how to treat Covid once you get it. My research is different than people who say they’re ‘doing research’ but who don’t understand what research […]

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MOVE AROUND FOR A BETTER VIEW

February 2, 2022 by

I move around the house from garage to kitchen and back. A door in between is a bathroom door, which is handy The kitchen has a refrigerator, but that’s not why I come in. I’ve got a fridge in the garage, too

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ZOOMER HELP TIPS, NOT THAT THEY’D ASK

December 20, 2021 by

Zoomer Help, Generation Z assistance, is the last thing anyone needs. Not with characteristics like this: Members of Gen Z are digital natives. When it comes to apps and devices, they don’t need instructions, and they don’t ask for them. And this: Members of Gen Z are highly educated. This is helpful in what way? […]

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NEW FLEX: “I DID MY OWN RESEARCH” AND FOUND WHAT?

November 8, 2021 by

A new flex is always an interesting surprise, especially when it surprises the one flexing. “Don’t learn to type or you’ll end up being a clerk” turned into a flex of, “I can type one hundred word a minute.” The brawny movers and shakers lost some mojo to the pencil-necked geeks, so they did one […]

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ADULT COSTUMES OR THE REAL DEAL

October 31, 2021 by

Adult costumes on Halloween are not the problem. The problem is the costume adults wear the rest of the time. You know the ones I’m talking about, where everyone looks normal? Or at least normal for them and their friends.

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RAW EMOTIONS: HELLO AND GOODBYE, AIRPORT VS HOSPITAL

October 29, 2021 by

Raw emotions, unrehearsed moments of reality, happen in two places: The airport and the hospital. That’s where hello and goodbye emotions live that no one plans for. A hospital visit turns into a gut wrenching ordeal. An airport drop-off turns into the saddest day ever. Is there anything to do to prepare for this? No, […]

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