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GRAVEYARD WALK IN A GARDEN OF STONE

November 12, 2026 by Leave a Comment

My father is buried in the veteran’s section of a Klamath Falls graveyard. I voted for the Willamette National Cemetery but he lived near Klamath Falls so it made sense. The last time I visited was a dark, rainy, day with the irrigation pipes laid out and sprinklers helicoptering around.

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VETERANS DAY, 2026

November 11, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Behind every veteran on Veterans Day are people who got them on their way. In this photo the force of nature is on the right. It’s my Mom.

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THREATENING PARENTS FOR KID’S BEHAVIOR? WHAT’S NEXT

August 23, 2025 by

I saw a clip of the masked men of Immigration and Customs Enforcement threatening parents to convince someone behind the locked door of a barber shop to open up.   Agent: “I’m going to go get your dad—and I’m going to get your mom!” Witness: “Y’all can’t tell him that, though. His mom?” Agent: “Yes […]

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AMERICAN WAY, MY VERSION

March 26, 2025 by

The American way of my Dad was different than mine. For him it was finish high school, wait a year for his brother, then go to junior college to play baseball together. Instead of waiting it out, he got with his buddies and they all joined the Marine Corps. Everyone went in, except one, and […]

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ON VETERANS DAY 2024

November 11, 2024 by

Veterans Day is for the old folks who remember their youth and those who were young with them. They remember the young people who didn’t have the chance to get old. My Dad got a chance to get old. He out-lived his Dad, just like I’m out-living him.

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BOOMER SLUR? WATCH YOUR MOUTH

September 2, 2023 by

The baby boomer slur comes from younger people. It goes like this: “You sound just like a Boomer.” Yeah, we get it. Just like a boomer. So I did the research, the hard work, the deep dive. In other words, I watched the opening to Saving Private Ryan.

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PAIN TOLERANCE STARTS WITH A THRESHOLD

June 5, 2022 by

Pain tolerance is a measure of how much pain you can take before tapping out. The pain threshold is when you start feeling pain. Who knew? Let’s start there.

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CHANCE MEETING WITH A F4 FIGHTER PILOT

June 3, 2022 by

A chance meeting along the banks of the Willamette River in downtown Portland was the best break I’ve had in a while. I met a man named Jim after I asked about his dog. Dogs are a good icebreaker, and we shared a common breed, a doodle dog. One thing led to another, and I […]

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TIME CHECK: IT’S NOT ON OUR SIDE?

February 22, 2022 by

Every time you look at a clock it’s a time check. It’s time to do this, time to do that, time for dinner, time for bed, time to repeat it all another day. And that, dear readers, is the story of life. But, what about all the stuff that happens in between the time check? […]

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BOOMER STATUS: WHAT MAKES A TRUE BOOMER

November 14, 2021 by

Boomer status, baby boomer that is, is more than a birth date. Technically speaking, anyone born between 1946 through 1964 is a baby boomer, but there’s a big difference between the front end and the back end. Legend has it that virtuous American soldiers and sailors returned from WWII on a magic carpet to resume […]

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