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AN ELVIS ROOM? THERE’S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ELVIS

I’ve spent more time in museums than any other institutions, and the idea of an Elvis room outside of Graceland seemed unlikely. And? I was wrong. “Would you like to see the Elvis Room?” What’s the right answer? For me it was another question. “You’ve got an Elvis Room?”

HIDDEN SONGS OF THE OREGON COAST

People play their guitar in the basement alone looking for hidden songs. Hidden songs? There you are moving around the fretboard and something sounds different. You play it again. Nice. While you play you remember the old times you had when you were younger. Like yesterday.

WHAT IS A PHILOSOPHICO DIARY

A philosophico diary is where the writer writes what comes to them, like boomerpdx. What comes to me are examples, evidence, of the past coming forward. Today is reflected in the past. How does that work? Everything worth doing has been done, just not by you. Or me. Take last night for example.

MUSIC LESSON AT GUITAR CENTER

A music lesson with the usual suspects? Nooooo. With an array like this, from first guitar to last, there’s only one thing to do: Guitar lesson. Which means go looking for another guitar at Guitar Center. So I did, and much to my surprise I found someone else doing the same thing. Well, almost the […]

MAKING CHANGE, EXACT CHANGE

With regular money transactions heading toward ‘tap and go’, the people making change, giving exact change, are growing more rare. You’ll find them at the drive through window, picking through coins for just the right combination. “Here’s four quarters instead of a dollar,” they say. Or, “$6.50 for my grande latte half-caff with oat milk? […]

LONELY PEOPLE: FROM HEMINGWAY TO AMERICA

The answer: lonely people. The question: What does the band America have in common with Ernest Hemingway? Their bond comes from both ends of male adulthood, young man to old man. One sang about them, the other wrote about them. By now baby boomers are both.

ONE PROGRESSIVE STEP, THE NEXT, AND REPEAT

One progressive step is all it takes. Give it a try as long as you’re not near a cliff edge with your toes over the side. If that’s where you are, turn around, then take that step. We all hear the same thing when we fall? Get Up. It’s good advice, but then what?

AN ELVIS ROOM? THERE’S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ELVIS

HIDDEN SONGS OF THE OREGON COAST

WHAT IS A PHILOSOPHICO DIARY

GOLDEN SILENCE? WHAT’S THAT ALL ABOUT

MUSIC LESSON AT GUITAR CENTER

MAKING CHANGE, EXACT CHANGE

TIME MACHINE, OR ’66 CORVETTE

LONELY PEOPLE: FROM HEMINGWAY TO AMERICA

ONE PROGRESSIVE STEP, THE NEXT, AND REPEAT

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