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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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WORDPLAY POWER GOES WRONG? WATCH YOUR TONGUE

October 13, 2021 by

Wordplay power: the activity of joking about the meanings of words, especially in an intelligent way. Those are the funny people having fun with wordplay power. Intelligent funny people. They see things and hear things that make them laugh, and we laugh along. The meaning of words changes over time. So has what’s been considered funny. Oddly enough, we change over time, too. What about […]

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READERS HELP CARRY THE WRITING LOAD

April 30, 2021 by

Readers help writers with comments on their work and it opens new doors. Like this: BoomerPDX – thank you once again for sharing your perspective in a way that almost always, no actually always, broadens mine. Your humor, honesty, colorful language and passion make these blogs the most interesting to read. I don’t get to […]

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OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER? A FAMILY TIMELINE

February 22, 2021 by

Old enough didn’t matter when I bought a switchblade knife in Mexico. I was a twelve year old with my parents on a family car trip. After driving across Texas we stopped in El Paso after the Carlsbad Caves, then a day trip across the border to Juárez. After proudly showing my mom my new […]

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STOP LYING TO YOURSELF FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH

December 19, 2020 by

A request to stop lying to yourself is to stop believing what you know isn’t true. It goes beyond the private lies we enjoy telling ourselves. How long is that list? Too long to add anyone else’s baloney because we’re already loaded.

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STRONGER TOGETHER IS THE GOAL

June 15, 2020 by

The team is always stronger together, stronger than the separate parts. If a superstar has a bad day on a good team, they still have a chance to win because the group can carry the load. The same idea works in neighborhoods, communities, cities, and towns. They are all stronger together than they are apart. […]

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Standing Down In America, Vote Nov. 6, 2018

November 2, 2018 by

    A game has rules, a score, a winner, and a loser. Good sportsmanship comforts the loser, tells them they’ll do better next time. The winner stands in the light to receive their accolades. Voting is a little different.

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Miranda Dating Rights For The New Era Of Rising STD

August 30, 2018 by

    Have you ever asked someone out on a date?   Probably.   Did you read them the ‘Dating Rights’ questions?   Going out on a limb here with probably not.   Why would you?

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