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ADULTISM: JUST DO IT?

July 14, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Adultism: making mistakes and passing the knowledge on without admitting how you learned it. “Mistakes? Not me. I just know things because I’m smarter than you.” If you haven’t said those words, you’ve heard them and thought, ‘this is what smart people say?’ And we wonder why young people don’t respect their elders any more […]

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NEW ATTENTION SPAN EXERCISE FOR BOOMERS

July 7, 2025 by

My attention span may not be growing, but it’s not getting any help either. I need to tighten up. The big things are still logged in, like my wife’s birthday, our wedding anniversary, kids. That’s not the concern. My wife knows every birthday of everyone in her family, my family, her friends, and her friends’ […]

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CRAFTSMEN KNOW HOW TO WORK, ARTIST KNOW WHEN TO STOP

February 26, 2025 by

Craftsmen know their work, the ins and outs, the customs and traditions; they know the lay of the land. The good news is you can tell a good craftsman by their work. As a young history worker I inventoried a donation of hand tools used to build the wooden ships of old. The toolbox was […]

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