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FUTURE CONSEQUENCES BASED ON CURRENT DECISIONS

June 21, 2022 by

Future consequences were on my mind at the corner store. “What are the chances of anything bad happening?” I said at checkout. “I can think of one,” the cashier said. Whether you admit it or not, there are always consequences, planned and unplanned. For example:

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FATHERHOOD QUESTIONS ANSWERED: WHO’S YOUR DADDY

June 19, 2022 by

Fatherhood questions come up all the time. But they change for dads as they age. If you heard them early they sounded one way; but if you heard them later?

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CONTAGIOUS FRIENDSHIP LESSONS FROM REAL LIFE

June 11, 2022 by

Contagious friendship sounds odd in the Covid era, but what else can you call it? People dedicated to spending time with each other make it happen. The best part is how friendship influences another. If this is your experience also, then you need to answer one question:

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TOXIC HISTORY FOR MODERN TIMES

June 7, 2022 by

Toxic history is nothing new for baby boomers. You could say the same for every generation aging out, closer to the end than the beginning of life. That’s how it works if you don’t pay attention. Toxic old people push the toxic envelope to the max because they see time running out.

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TRAGIC BOY FOR TRAGIC TIMES: VANKA

May 25, 2022 by

One tragic boy cannot stand in for all tragic children, but Anton Chekhov makes it happen. News of some kid with bad intentions gunning a classroom creates tragedy beyond believe. Again. Chekhov cuts to the quick with Vanka.

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AGING MUSIC FOR COUPLES TO GROW OLD BY

May 23, 2022 by

I first heard aging music from the Beatles. When I’m Sixty-Four came out when I was thirteen. Why would a young band contemplate being 64 years old? It seemed weird. Until I turned sixty-four.

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CLOUDY DAYS TAKE A SHORT BREAK

May 20, 2022 by

Cloudy days in Oregon? How can that be? Where I grew up no one complained about the rain. If they did that would have been all they talked about. There’s more going on than cloudy days, but what do you do when all you see are clouds?

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BEST ADVICE FROM UNEXPECTED SOURCES

May 19, 2022 by

The best advice is words of wisdom from a trusted wise man, or wise woman. If that’s what you’re looking for, keep looking. You’ll find it, or give up trying. This is a post for just such quitters. Quitters who figured it out on their own.

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WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME

May 19, 2022 by

My Dad was waiting for the right time to make better relationships just before he died. He was good with his boys, his one regret was his daughter. After his divorce from my Mom he expected changes. But he felt everything would straighten out in the long run.

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OREGON PRIMARY LISTENING FOR MILLENNIAL ROAR

May 16, 2022 by

Tuesday is election day for the Oregon Primary. But you already knew that. No? Now you do. Out here in the real west, not some landlocked desert version of ‘out west’ in states like Idaho, or Utah, or Arizona, we drag ourselves to the table, pick up a black or blue ink pen, open the […]

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