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HISTORICAL FATHER’S DAYS 2026

June 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Historical Father’s Days in the olde country where I watched my children roam like Vikings conquering a new land. Corfe Castle fell to my marauders. The locals didn’t like our style of exploration. The walkway through the ruins led to more investigation off the path. “How would you like it if we went to your […]

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RETURNING REVERENCE TO IT’S RIGHTFUL PLACE

June 15, 2026 by Leave a Comment

There’s a scent of reverence in the air, of returning reverence after a long pause. It started in my doctor’s office where I’d been called to sit on a panel with others. One of the others was Roy Pittman, one of my personal heroes. The next time I saw the doctor he told me he […]

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CLEAN LIVING FOR A QUIET LIFE

June 13, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Clean living is an art form, and like all art it takes practice. Yes, we’re talking about practice. It takes practice to talk without a particular tone, without too much edge. Do that and you may have a productive conversation. Go ahead and save the tone and edge for people you don’t know, who don’t […]

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RETIREMENT WARNINGS FOR BOOMERS IN THE FAST LANE

June 3, 2026 by Leave a Comment

You’re in the fast lane and know it when you pull up on a Waymo car.   Waymo has named the Rose City as one of the next locations welcoming its own fleet of self-driving vehicles. As part of the announcement, the company revealed it will start manually operating the cars on Tuesday to “help […]

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FENDER TELECASTER, MORE THAN A FEELING

May 31, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Playing notes and chords on a Fender Telecaster is an act of history. Even more if it’s a butterscotch Tele. Why? Because it has a legacy. It’s an historical artifact, a throwback, brought up to date every year. Playing one puts you in the legacy no matter how long, whether from 1950 to yesterday. But […]

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Time beginning, the MIDDLE, and end

May 23, 2026 by

Where is time beginning every day? Somewhere in England. I was there during one of my drives through the English countryside in a tiny Vauxhall with my wife and two gigantic teenagers inside. Did they enjoy their historical moments in the olde country, their strolls along legendary paths? Yes, they did.

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NO SATISFACTION? KEEP GOING

May 22, 2026 by

In the biggest moments of your life, or mine, there is often no satisfaction. People just can’t get the story right, and it’s not that hard. This was the biggest headline my last name ever got, and it’s missing the most important part. But it’s spelled it right? That’s my take away? I’ll take it.

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MY BEATLES MARATHON

May 14, 2026 by

First off, it didn’t start as a planned Beatles marathon. I hadn’t even thought of it when my wife came home and said, “This is the same music I heard when I left this morning.” Me: Hey Siri, play The Beatles for two days. No, I didn’t say that. Nobody says that, but here we […]

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MAY 1986, THE LAST WEDDING

May 10, 2026 by

It was a cloudy, wet, day, in May 1986 for the last wedding. Like so many raised on the Oregon coast, a cloudy, wet, day, is good luck no matter where you are. Everything was done, everything set in Sandy, from rented morning coats to a rented preacher. The preacher was a second choice.

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SHARING SPECIAL DAYS, EVERY LAST ONE

May 9, 2026 by

Special days have special meaning which don’t hit the same for everyone. For some it’s repeating, “Why bother,” for the fortieth time. Others like to say, “I thought we’ve moved past all that.” But you still find those looking for something special in every day, and keep looking until they find it. Hell or high […]

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