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HOME STATE HIP REPORT THREE WEEKS OUT

May 3, 2022 by

My home state is Oregon, the block that separates Washington from California over there on the left coast map of America. If it was South America we’d all be Chile, but that’s not how it worked out. Oregon has been good to me, which I suppose everyone says about where they live. Portland, Oregon used […]

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GOING HOME THE LONG WAY

March 13, 2022 by

If going home doesn’t bring the warm and fuzzies, you need to review. Are bad memories of a bad home town a problem? You should check your map for the best way to get there. If current times are any measure, being homeward bound is not getting any easier.

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WHY TRAVEL? SOME ANSWERS FROM THE FIELD

September 9, 2021 by

Why travel when you’ve got all the comforts at home? Who doesn’t like comforts? Aw, those slippers, that coffee mug. Oh that recliner. You won’t find those anywhere else, and that’s the problem. Some people are afraid to find out there is a different world than the one they currently live in. Why travel when […]

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HOMEWARD: THE DREAM AND THE REALITY

September 6, 2021 by

Homeward bound isn’t so much a destination as it is a memory. Sure you can go home, but is it really home if you’re gone a while? Yes it is, and it’s the memory that defines your relationship to where you are. Are you home? Close to home? Check your look in the mirror to […]

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TEMPORARY LIFE: WHEN YOU KNOW IT WON’T LAST

August 26, 2021 by

How do temporary life fixes turn into something permanent? First, something breaks, and it’s complicated, expensive, so call in a pro. Then, in this case, the pro wants to re-pipe under a sink, tear out the wall, change the height of the drain. They wouldn’t agree to fix it back the way it was because […]

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ONE HOMETOWN VS ALL OTHER HOMETOWNS

July 23, 2021 by

One hometown is like any other town they say. Whoever ‘they’ are, they’re wrong. “A hometown is where young people bide their time before their real life begins,” goes the standard line. “It’s where kids first learn about the real world without bearing the consequences.” Not the case when the hometown is North Bend, Oregon. […]

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GOING HOME LIKE IT’S THE FIRST TIME GETTING OUT

May 9, 2021 by

Going home is a goal no matter where you start. After a year or more of covid awareness, the idea of home changed. It’s a sanctuary home, a home hospital, a home office. All together it adds up to the same thing: Home. After leaving for the first time in what feels like more than […]

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HOMEWARD? KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE WITH KINDNESS

April 19, 2021 by

Homeward bound is the life goal, the journey that starts new every day. Who wants to go home? You’re home now, but it doesn’t feel right? If it doesn’t feel like home, then it’s not home. Being confused is normal. Home means something different to everyone. For instance:

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HOMEWARD BOUND, I WISH I WERE

January 10, 2021 by

Homeward bound? I’m home, not sitting in a railway station with a ticket for my destination, but I would be if I screwed up and my family found out. I’ve got a wife and two kids, two boys now men, who have never cut me any slack. All three are accomplished ass-kickers and mine would […]

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HOMESTRETCH AFTER HITTING THE FINAL CURVE HARD

September 8, 2020 by

Sports analogies don’t always work the way they’re supposed to work, but comparing a life to a race always does the trick. From the starting line, to the backstretch, to the final curve going down to the wire, it all sounds like a life well lived. The closer we are to the race, the life, […]

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