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American process is what we’re famous for around here. The U.S. didn’t become what it is today by scrapping everything and starting over, although some argue that that’s what FDR did in the Great Depression. Not my argument. Why? Because FDR was schooled in the American process. He had been a state senator, assistant secretary […]

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN THREE PARTS

Civil disobedience arrived the night I was standing in front of an Army barracks listening to an order from a captain. “First Platoon report.” I was the leader of the fourth platoon during a middle of the night fire drill where things didn’t go well. “Fourth platoon, report.”

AGING PARENTS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW

Aging parents get old fast. One day they’re skiing black diamonds on Mt. Hood, wind surfing the Columbia River, or hang gliding off sand dunes in Pacific City. The next day you’re blending up a hamburger because they can’t eat solid food. Is that how it works? Not for everyone.

FAMILY CAREGIVING TIPS FOR THE NEW SANDWICH GENERATION

Family caregiving takes a turn with a new generation lining up for duty. GenX looks ready. And like other generations before them, like the Baby Boomer Generation, it will all come as a big surprise. Most of us don’t come from a tradition, or culture, that includes taking care of our elders living under the […]

LIFE INGREDIENTS NOT THE SAME AS LIVING? WHERE’S THE LIST

If there’s a list for life ingredients that make a better life, I haven’t seen it. And, strangely enough, I’m alive. If you’re reading these words, you are too. But you don’t have a list, either? How can that be? We live in a list world. From grocery lists, to honey-do lists, errand lists, project […]

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN

Long form writing is like a walk in the woods with no map. In the dark. With animal noises. And cliffs on both sides of the trail. If that isn’t a picture of adventure, what is? And all you need to do is sit down and write. And stay down. For a long […]

SANDWICH GENERATION GRANDY MAKES THE RIGHT CALL

I am in a storage space in my house throwing away rings of gauze and squirt bottles of skin care and wound cleaner. It’s a throwback moment with Grandy, my mother in law who passed two years ago. If I had PTSD I would have been thrown back. Instead it was a sweet memory. But […]

PRESIDENT OBAMA LETTER TO OREGON’S BOOMER BLOGGER

Fan letter delivers President Obama letter. What happens after you write a fan letter to the President of the United States? You like their act so you write them to say so. Then forget about it. They’re not looking for a new best friend. Besides he’s got Joe Biden. The memorable part was […]

AMERICAN PROCESS = THE GRIND

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN THREE PARTS

WORKING HARD IS HARD WORK. WHO KNEW?

AGING PARENTS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW

FAMILY CAREGIVING TIPS FOR THE NEW SANDWICH GENERATION

LIFE INGREDIENTS NOT THE SAME AS LIVING? WHERE’S THE LIST

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN

SANDWICH GENERATION GRANDY MAKES THE RIGHT CALL

PRESIDENT OBAMA LETTER TO OREGON’S BOOMER BLOGGER

THE CARE AGE SANDWICH GENERATION

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