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WHY HEART BREAKS NEVER BREAK EVEN FOR ANYONE

January 31, 2020 by

Like serious illness, heart breaks are best left for others, not you and I. It’s just easier when it’s someone else. At a distance. The further the better. That way you can learn from them in case it happens to you.

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WHY AMERICAN MILITARY ARE STATIONED IN GERMANY AND JAPAN

January 30, 2020 by

My sources say over 33,000 US military personnel live in Germany, and 50,000 in Japan when their census came in in 2013. I’m part of the chorus asking, “Why?” Then I remember WWII.

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LONDON HEATHROW, LAST LOOK FOR NOW

October 1, 2019 by

The beauty of world capitols like London and Paris shine through on the way out. Not often is the airport one of the most memorable places, and it shouldn’t be, but based on shopping opportunities Heathrow is a must see.

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AGING GRACEFULLY SINCE AGE HAPPENS? OKAY, BUT …

June 10, 2019 by

If you’re not aging gracefully, are you doing something wrong? A cursory glance around the modern landscape, from fillers to peels, lifts and lipo, I wonder if the age deal is an emotional reaction to aging, or a fear reaction. You get into your sixties and start looking like your grandpa and it gives you […]

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MARRIAGE BRIDGES GENERATIONS WHO JOIN

April 2, 2019 by

What’s the best way to give newly weds the sort of advice they’ll need for a future together in marriage? After the vows and rings, who is best equipped to deliver the last word in marriage? Since weddings are so hectic it all turns into a blur of fiends and family, near and far, young […]

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TRUTH vs LOVE WITH A FLAT TIRE

February 21, 2019 by

The truth is, one dark winter evening I had a flat tire. Did I say dark? It was raining too, the sort of rain that smears windshields and makes visibility a game of driving between the smears. Did I mention I had to pull over on the freeway between Washington and Portland. The whole thing […]

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PORTLAND URBAN LIFE REVERSE HISTORY: FROM 2-17-19 TO 2-13-17

February 18, 2019 by

The ultimate joy of aging gracefully is the grace part. I don’t feel a need to lash out at every wrong I’ve ever felt. At the same time I can’t listen very well to others working their own lash. I mean, who really knows what brings people to act the way they do? Well, I’ve […]

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FRENCHMAN FINDS WOMEN OVER 50 INVISIBLE

January 23, 2019 by

    Is this the man all French women under fifty yearn for? I won’t post his name, but a Frenchman decided the world, at least his world, needed to know how he felt about getting older. More specifically this Frenchman told the world that was listening he found women over fifty somewhat unappealing. This […]

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A PERSONAL PRIVATE LOVE STORY, PART TWO

January 2, 2019 by

    My biggest goal this year is getting my cancer memoir-70’s dating history-love story to a literary agent, to a publisher, to the book store in every airport with books for travelers who need something to avoid thinking about what could wrong on take off and landing and everything wrong where they’re headed. I’ve […]

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ONE MAGIC MOMENT (AFTER ANOTHER)

December 9, 2018 by

    This is now it happens, just like this with no exceptions for race, religion, nationality, gender, orientation, or other sharp distinctions of separation.   How do I know it happens like this for everyone? Because if it didn’t happen like this for you, this is your new memory:   THE DRIFTERS This magic […]

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