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A NOTE TO THE THIRD STRING PEOPLE: DON’T FEEL TOO BAD

There’s nothing wrong on third string, nothing wrong with third string people. They’re on the team, just not the traveling team. But they matter to the team as they work to move up to second string. One day they’ll be first stringers? Let’s take it one string at a time.

TACTICAL MOTHER’S DAY DO’S AND DON’T’S

Tactical Mother’s Day takes practice. Yes, yes, I know. It’s Mom, how much practice do you need? We’re not talking about your Mom, or mine, but the Mother’s Day mood. Use these tactics for the best results.

FAMILY HISTORY FROM BOTH SIDES

Family history comes in two varieties: The first: We don’t talk about that side of the family. The second: We can’t say enough about that side of the family. That’s the starting place for going off the rails.

LIFE REWIND? HOW DOES THAT WORK

For a life rewind, the big question is how far to rewind? Let’s agree to one thing: not as far as the picture here. That’s too far. But how far is far enough?

FAMILY TIES OVERCOME SOME THINGS, NOT OTHERS

Everyday I wake up I see a little gold tree with small family portraits hanging from the bare branches. Maybe you’ve got one that looks like the top image? That’s not mine. Mine used to be on my childhood fireplace mantle beside my grandfather’s railroad watch. Now I’ve got them both, and they’ve […]

Funeral Feelings Expressed With Shovels And Sweat, Salt And Sea Water

“My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening,” said his daughter. My father had a cowboy funeral. Instead of the nearest Boot Hill, his ceremony happened in the veterans section a big cemetery. People from every part of his life […]

Hollywood Actors On Silver Screen Changed Forever

Two new movies out have proven Hollywood actors as our betters. They are better than their audience. Paying to see them is one measure, watching them get their asses kicked is another. In both Blade Runner and Mother the stars suffer hellacious beatings, Rodney King style stompings, Hell’s Angel fashion horror. Ryan […]

Mother Movie Makes You Cry For HGTV, And Your Mommy

From total ruin to a beautiful restoration, Mother! shows a dream house. HGTV does this all the time and no one complains. The Property Brothers find a client willing and able to knock a wall down to ‘open up the kitchen’ and everyone cheers. Jennifer Lawrence is the remodeler in Mother!. She […]

A NOTE TO THE THIRD STRING PEOPLE: DON’T FEEL TOO BAD

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TACTICAL MOTHER’S DAY DO’S AND DON’T’S

FAMILY HISTORY FROM BOTH SIDES

LIFE REWIND? HOW DOES THAT WORK

FAMILY TIES OVERCOME SOME THINGS, NOT OTHERS

Funeral Feelings Expressed With Shovels And Sweat, Salt And Sea Water

Hollywood Actors On Silver Screen Changed Forever

Mother Movie Makes You Cry For HGTV, And Your Mommy

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