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Man Married At Age Thirty One Sees Image Thirty One Years Later

November 6, 2017 by

    The saying ‘Like a deer in the headlights’ must have been coined at a wedding. My wedding.   Things changed that day.   We’re going through a phase, call it the non-hoarding phase, and this came up in an album.

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A MAY WEDDING AND ONE LOUD, “I DO,” LATER

May 10, 2017 by

A May wedding in a Fir Cathedral and still in the woods thirty one years later. Doesn’t every married couple have a theme song? They should, and it doesn’t have to be the same song forever. Just make it a song older than your marriage. And no Beatles. This ought to be the common default:

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TWO MARRIED GUYS MAP DATE LIFE

January 1, 2017 by

What else would two married guys do? The beauty of public transportation comes with the people you meet. Two old men waited at a Portland bus stop. Late afternoon drizzle fell on the city through fading light. The sun made little effort to split the clouds over the Willamette River. Man 1: It felt like […]

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ONE LOVE STORY

October 23, 2015 by

It Started Like Love Story, Then Everyone Said They Were Sorry. A nice man and nice lady met and became a nice couple. When they got married they were nice newly weds. They were nice parents when they had kids. A great family in the making, then things changed. One of the parents needed more, […]

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SIXTY @ SIXTY IN THREE PARTS

December 12, 2014 by

1. Know your roots. Remember where you came from. Turning 60 means you’ve met lots of people. You’ve had time to meet people; if you haven’t, get started. More than once you’ve had someone give this answer when asked, “Where are you from?” “Lot’s of places.” If you’ve given that answer it’s time to stop. […]

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