A short attention span is normal? Older people like to joke about going into another room for some reason they can’t remember. It happens all the time, but there’s a hack: You have to stay in the room until you remember. That’s Michael Corleone wishing brother Fredo well.
SNOW DAYS OR SNOW DAZE
February 10, 2025 by
Snow days wrapped up on Saturday. Out of the rental house by 10:30. It was a week without writing anything. Just posting greatest hits of the blog, which is a good reminder to write more. It’s good to be back, but good to be off a while, too.
DREAM STREET: 82ND AVENUE PORTLAND OREGON
February 5, 2025 by
Dream street? 82nd Avenue? Somebody wake me up? No, it’s not a dream, but a street of dreams. And those dreams came to life.
MARRIAGE PROMISES: WHAT THEY MEAN IN REAL TIME
January 27, 2025 by
Marriage promises are different than marriage vows? If you don’t know the answer right away, this is the blog post for you. See, everybody takes wedding vows, makes wedding vows, shares a kiss, and calls it good. That’s when the promising starts, if it hasn’t been going on up until then.
CRYING TIME CAN BE ANY TIME
January 10, 2025 by
Crying time in my family is . . . complicated. Not one gets called a cry baby, made fun of, or ignored. But there’s a thought that some of us aren’t fans of a good cry. And they’re wrong.
SOVING PROBLEMS, THEN FINDING MORE
December 28, 2024 by
Solving problems is a process. One of the first steps, if not ‘the’ first step, is identifying the problem. The important part is not solving every problem at the same time. Pick one. (Not that one.)
CHRISTMAS DINNER 2024 IN REVERSE
December 25, 2024 by
Christmas dinner at the end looks like more work for someone. It’s not a mystery. Besides I like the whole process of getting things cleaned up for the next mess. Maybe it’s about getting older, but it’s fun setting things up.
FINE WHINE FROM CHEKHOV’S DOG
December 22, 2024 by
“Why are we worn out? “Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or thirty-five? “Why is it that one is extinguished by consumption, another puts a bullet in his head, a third seeks oblivion in vodka, cards, a fourth, in order to stifle […]
HUSTLER MAN FAIL AT DINNER TABLE
December 12, 2024 by
I watched a hustler man work the magic one night at a dinner table. He was alone, wife out of town, with a few married couples. One woman caught his attention. Hustler: You seem very happy tonight.
