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COLD WET OREGON WITH EXTRA WATER

March 14, 2026 by

On a cold wet Oregon day the beach was covered as far as the eye could see, and since it’s flat you can see a long way. Jelly fish, man of war, or whatever it was, it was a mass die-off of squishy critters up and down the beach, a purple carpet of goo to […]

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WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION, (FOR ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL)

March 8, 2026 by

From twitterX:   I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.   Doesn’t that […]

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YOU TIME + ME TIME = OUR TIME

March 2, 2026 by

‘Our time’ is full of hope and promise for a better world. That’s what I learned in kindergarten and it set me on my path. Maybe it’s a baby boomer notion, or maybe it’s everyone over a certain age who feels that hope. Either way a better world has been a long time coming and […]

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DINGO FAMILY NEWS

February 28, 2026 by

I’ve got a dingo family living in my house, but it’s okay since I’m Baby Dingo. Why am I Baby Dingo? Because Daddy Dingo said so. Daddy Dingo is a five year old. I didn’t ask how they worked it out. Momma Dingo is my dog. We’re all happy. Happy daddy, happy momma, happy baby.

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PROMISES MADE IS ONE THING, THEN WHAT

February 23, 2026 by

Make a promise, keep it, and you’ve got promises made. It’s that easy, and that hard. It’s a badge of honor, but not a permanent one. Screw up, break your word, and you sink back into the muck with the rest of us losers trying our best to remember what we said we’d do. So […]

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RISK AVOIDANCE FOR WASHINGTON POST IN BEZOS’ WORLD? WRITER PLEASE

February 8, 2026 by

The only risk avoidance for the Washington Post firings, layoffs, retirements? Avoid holding their place at the top of the print media pyramid. No matter the metric, The Washington Post was among the top five, if not top three with The NY Times and Wall Street Journal. Maybe it will stay up there, but not […]

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NATIONAL PRIDE FROM THE BACK ROW

January 29, 2026 by

The idea of national pride usually comes from where you were brought up, and who raised you. My sense of things comes from growing up in small town America, raised by parents who came from even smaller towns. The sophisticate in the family was Grandma, who grew up in Dallas, Texas, graduated high school as […]

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CAREFUL PLANNING TAKES TIME

January 26, 2026 by

Planning, careful planning, is an essential element to all caring relationships. Especially the relationship you have with yourself, your inner-world with your inner-voice on a continuous narrative. ‘Let’s do this, then that, but this before that. And only on the weekend.’ What kind of a plan is that, a beer drinker’s weight loss plan? Nooooooo, […]

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BEING DOG WALKED? HOW TO KNOW

January 23, 2026 by

What’s it mean to be dog walked?   “Time to get the leash. The slang dog walk is “to overpower” or “outsmart” someone, as if in utter control of them, as when walking a dog.”   When does it happen? There are clues, such as:

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TO MY 715 ‘READERS’ IN CHINA, WITH LOVE

January 21, 2026 by

A recent tally indicates 715 readers in China. Nothing about the sort of readers, whether bots, or AI, if those are separate elements. Bots means robots, if I’m not mistaken. Taking out the ‘r’ and the ‘o’ , of ro-bot is so much more convenient. Who do I thank? Let’s start with 715 thank-yous to […]

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