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NURTURING YEARS, OR CHECKING OUT

August 23, 2022 by

Nurturing years change over time. From the duties of planting and raising nasturtiums in third grade, to raising kids in your thirties, the stakes rise. Then everyone grows up and no longer need nurturing? No, that’s not how it works.

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YOUNG PEOPLE NEED BETTER NARRATIVE FROM ELDERS?

August 22, 2022 by

Young people want to hear from the olds? They need a better narrative from us? Us boomers? Sure they do, just like you did when you were young. We heard something, but what it was ain’t exactly clear.

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VALIDATED LIFE? GET YOUR TICKET STAMPED EARLY

August 18, 2022 by

A validated life, like a validated parking garage ticket, means freedom. Except the validated parking ticket is more direct. Put the card in the slot, the bar rises, you drive away. What constitutes a validated life that raises the bar to escape the couch you’ve been parked on?

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HARD TRUTH FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE

August 17, 2022 by

Hard truth comes in one flavor, and it’s not sweet. It’s more of a gag-reflex flavor. You listen, want to disagree, but you keep listening instead. Then you go to the ICU? Maybe.

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LIFE MOMENTS FOR NORMAL MEN

August 16, 2022 by

Life moments come when you least expect them. When things work out better than planned? Life moment right there. Things work out worse than planned? What do you call that?

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YEARNING NOSTALGIA vs REAL LIFE

August 15, 2022 by

Yearning nostalgia poured out of the TV screen during CBS Sunday Morning. It happened when they ran a story on the town of Mayberry where Andy Griffith kept order. People in North Carolina love Mayberry, except it’s pronounced Mount Airy.

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LONELY PEOPLE: WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM

August 14, 2022 by

Lonely people come from the same place you come from. How can that be? They didn’t seem lonely. Why would they be lonely? As if you need to ask.

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DIVISION STREET, NOT DIVIDED PORTLAND

August 13, 2022 by

Division Street is not some hotbed of urban problems with people taking sides. In the southeast 30’s it’s a home stretch for Portland people moving to Oregon. Even better, it’s been a neighborhood, a changing neighborhood, for people who put down roots decades ago.

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SEARCH RULES: DON’T GIVE UP TOO SOON

August 12, 2022 by

Search rules come up when you need to find something bad. Real bad. So bad that your life plans may change if you don’t find what you’re looking for. Soon. What is so important to find?

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BEST MAN EVERY DAY FOR BEST RESULTS

August 11, 2022 by

A Best Man for a wedding has a big job. It’s usually a variation on ‘Don’t screw up.’ If anyone is going to make a mistake, it has to be someone else. But what makes a Best Man good?

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