Boomer Vision is a ‘thing,’ or it should be. Butch Cassidy said it with, “I’ve got vision, the rest of the world wears bi-focals.” The only way baby boomers don’t have vision? They keep their eyes wide shut.
GILBERT HOUSE IN SALEM: CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, ADULT PLAYTIME, OR BOTH
February 23, 2025 by
The Gilbert House Children’s Museum is fun for kids, a way for them to see new things in a new context. Gather up the kids and grandkids for an afternoon of the usual? Nope, not at the Gilbert House. There’s something undeniably sweet going on there for the big kids, the adults.
HOMESICK FEELING FOR LIFE, A GOOD THING
February 20, 2025 by
If you’ve never had that homesick feeling, it doesn’t mean you hate your home. I think of it as more of a time than a location. Not that we grow out those feelings, we just remember them differently the further we roam. Do you remember that time?
HAPPY PLACE? KEEP LOOKING
February 12, 2025 by
They say you’ll know your happy place when you get there. Who are ‘they?’ Happy people, that’s who ‘they’ are. Are they happy all the time? No, but . . .
SNOW DAYS OR SNOW DAZE
February 10, 2025 by
Snow days wrapped up on Saturday. Out of the rental house by 10:30. It was a week without writing anything. Just posting greatest hits of the blog, which is a good reminder to write more. It’s good to be back, but good to be off a while, too.
EXQUISITE CREATURES, OR JUST MY FAMILY
January 25, 2025 by
Exquisite Creatures is in the final days of its second run at OMSI. Christopher Marley’s nature collection occupies two floors. In one word, it’s an incredible experience made more so by who I saw it with: Wife, kid, daughter in-law, and a four year old. But not just any four year old, which I’ll get […]
INVESTING TIME INCLUDES RISK OF LOSS
January 3, 2025 by
Investing time for a nice walk on the beach? Yes. Always a good deal. Firm sand, dry weather, the waves speaking their language. And you. What could be better?
GROWN MEN WITH EMOTIONS IN CHECK
December 27, 2024 by
Grown men are expected to keep their emotions in check. They need to keep calm and carry on. Add grown women in there, too. We have expectations of emotional maturity. I know I do, but there are times. For example:
FINE WHINE FROM CHEKHOV’S DOG
December 22, 2024 by
“Why are we worn out? “Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or thirty-five? “Why is it that one is extinguished by consumption, another puts a bullet in his head, a third seeks oblivion in vodka, cards, a fourth, in order to stifle […]
TWITTER RESPECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
December 19, 2024 by
Twitter respect is what you get with certain posts. I ought to say ‘X Respect’ but I’ve been there since 2009, so twitter. And I get no respect. Why?
