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DESPERADO DAYS, AN OLD SONG FOR CURRENT TIMES

Desperado days come into focus when you ask a millennial if they’ve heard the song before. Maybe it depends on how you ask? “This is my anthem song, my guide in the ’70’s, the song that rang true then and now. Ever hear of Desperado?” I’ll be honest here, if someone asked me like that […]

INHERITED TALENT AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

Inherited talent comes with that one big question: what to do? This is part of the Nature vs Nurture debate. If you’re born with the ability to do something well, how can you do it better? And who recognizes inherited talent besides helicopter parents?

Life Long Learners Get Life Lesson Whether They Learn Or Not

Life Lessons start early for writers, then they spend years figuring it out enough to make a joke, a poem, a short story, novella, novel. Maybe more, like a groundbreaking memoir. If it’s worth learning, it’s worth writing about to drill it in. Like most children of my generation, baby boomers, I had it made […]

VOTE: COMMON GOOD TAKES UNCOMMON GOOD SENSE

A joke about a doctor goes like this: “Doctor, it hurts when I do this?” “Don’t do that,” says the doctor. Hilarity ensues. Take my wife, please. America runs on the same theme. When the rest of the world points to a sore spot and says it hurts, Dr. […]

NEW VACUUM SHOWS DIRT, OLD VACUUMS KEEP IT IN THE BAG

Old vaccums didn’t show dirt like new vacuum cleaners. They hid it all in a bag. And that bag filled up tighter than a old feather pillow compressed by years of thrashing sweat and bad dreams. Some dirt bags even look like pillows, but don’t substitute. You’d end up resting your head on […]

NW LIFESTYLE WRITER? WHAT’S A NW LIFESTYLE WRITER?

So glad you asked about a NW lifestyle writer, but what is it? What’s it mean to be a NW lifestyle writer? I suppose you could rent a room and look out the window and describe rain as a NW lifestyle writer, but that ain’t living. Like Red said in Shawshank Redemption, […]

Male Abuse Handled The Man Way Works For Women

Sports talk star Jim Rome has the sort of face that asks to be punched. He’s that good, my favorite sports personality. And he talks the best smack on radio, hands down. Even his respectful interviews even sound like verbal male abuse. I grew up during the reign of Howard Cosell, […]

ABIQUA FALLS DREAMSCAPE, OREGON TREASURE

Who knew of the Abiqua Falls dreamscape? The last thing a know-it-all wants is something new, something they don’t know. It’s a problem for some, a challenge for others. A short walk to a river and waterfall? That’s what the listings say, but not if you like your car. Then it’s a longer walk, […]

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DEFINES SHADOW AND LIGHT IN ARIZONA

Look to Frank Lloyd Wright when the world grows too tight. Mr. Wright didn’t plan for jet contrails to cross over his compound in Arizona, did he? If heaven makes plans, and he gets a say, it couldn’t have worked out better during an inspection tour of Taliesin West. Why else would the white lines in […]

DESPERADO DAYS, AN OLD SONG FOR CURRENT TIMES

INHERITED TALENT AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

Life Long Learners Get Life Lesson Whether They Learn Or Not

VOTE: COMMON GOOD TAKES UNCOMMON GOOD SENSE

DEMOCRAT PARTY OFFICIAL WEBSITE PHONE CALL

NEW VACUUM SHOWS DIRT, OLD VACUUMS KEEP IT IN THE BAG

NW LIFESTYLE WRITER? WHAT’S A NW LIFESTYLE WRITER?

Male Abuse Handled The Man Way Works For Women

ABIQUA FALLS DREAMSCAPE, OREGON TREASURE

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DEFINES SHADOW AND LIGHT IN ARIZONA

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