The idea of better men is different than Best Man. If you’ve ever been selected as a Best Man, you know what better feels like. Somehow, someone valued your friendship, in spite of how you might value yourself. Can anyone be a better man? Let’s not get carried away.
BETTER WORLD IN THE 90’S? BETTER THAN WHAT?
October 10, 2024 by
Do you remember a better world that existed thirty years ago? Talking 1994? I’m trying without looking, but I hit the archives on history.com. Ron Rule from twitter inspired me with this:
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON MAKES IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
September 30, 2024 by
Kris Kristofferson died yesterday. I found out in a text from one of my guitar guys. “RIP Bobby McGee.” We mourned Tom Petty’s passing, now Kris. In baby boomer world, it’s reminder of our tenuous grip on life.
TAKING TIME, MAKING TIME
September 28, 2024 by
Taking time for the little things is something we’re supposed to do. Making time to get it right is always the challenge. In some worlds, maybe yours, time is elusive, slippery, until you get rewired one way or the other.
SENIOR CITIZEN TO JUNIOR CITIZEN
September 26, 2024 by
Being a senior citizen is easy. Wake up every day and thank your parents for decent DNA and a good immune system. That’s it, except for the other stuff. The other stuff? What other stuff?
START AGAIN THEN FINISH
September 20, 2024 by
Is that the plan? Start, finish, and start again? Or is it start, abandon, and forget about it. Either way, you need a goal to keep going. If you can explain why you do what you do to yourself, and it makes sense, keep going. But what about explaining your work to strangers?
ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING?
September 11, 2024 by
My rocky relationship with writing took a turn yesterday. It happens, but this one was avoidable. Boomerpdx was offline for ten hours. The longest ten hours of my . . . not my life. I just did other writer things. What writer things?
CLEANING UP QUARTZ DUST – WHERE TO START
September 6, 2024 by
Cleaning up a mess, any mess, has a certain order. But not everyone knows where to start. Is there a starting point? Continue reading:
SHAPE UP. THEN WHAT?
September 4, 2024 by
Shape up. I’ve told myself that more than once. I’ve also looked at others and said the same thing. To myself. Most of the time.
COMPARISON CULTURE: BETTER THAN WHAT?
August 29, 2024 by
Comparison culture didn’t start with social media, but that’s where it found fertile ground. Baby Boomers and every generation before, all had the same comparison: My Dad is better than your dad. What comes after that? Maybe a fight.
