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TRUST THE PROCESS FROM THE START

    Starting a project, a diet, a savings plan? Trust the process.   The first day is all magical. One screenwriter said a days work at the beginning of a new script means putting a title on a piece of paper and putting it in a drawer for tomorrow.   Cutting carrots follows a […]

A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY

North Bend Oregon High School, class of 1973. What’s so special?   Like later generations staking their claims to, ‘the first digital generation’ or ‘the first paperless generation’ or ‘the first generation raised on video games,’ the generational niche of 1973 is ‘the first modern generation.’   Born of the roaring ’50’s with TV dinners […]

FOUNDER HOUNDER DRAGS MAN TO CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK

The dog’s side of the story:   He said we were going for a drive. I like going for a drive with the window down. I like the wind in my face.   Why wouldn’t I go?   Then he shows up in those shorts. I tried not to look too embarrassed.   I told […]

BRAIN FOOD STARTS WITH GOOD HANDS

  Ask around about cooking.   If you do cook, ask a new friend about it. “Do you cook, too?”   The answer will tell you more about the new friend than most any question.   It’s a simple question, but the answers come in complicated flavors instead of “yes” or “no.”

COLLECTING EARLY PORTLAND CAR: THE BENSON

    Things don’t get much earlier when it’s called The First of anything, like the first car built in Portland.   That’s it in the picture. Nice car. Getting it from the donor to the museum was the job.   My job. Listening to an older man cuss about everything was part of the […]

NEW VACUUM SHOWS DIRT, OLD VACUUMS KEEP IT IN THE BAG

Old vaccums didn’t show dirt like new vacuum cleaners. They hid it all in a bag.   And that bag filled up tighter than a old feather pillow compressed by years of thrashing sweat and bad dreams.   Some dirt bags even look like pillows, but don’t substitute. You’d end up resting your head on […]

RUSTIC FRUIT RECIPE ON THE WESTERN CHEF TABLE

  A recipe is nothing more than food history, and nothing says history better than ‘rustic.’   Like the discovery of fire, the first food recipe had to be pretty rustic.   The top cave chef probably didn’t have as much to work with.   No one appreciates recipes more than a history major with […]

NEW SPRING WORKING IT OUT IN TIGARD

  “Like sand through the hour glass, these are the days of our lives.”   A nice reminder when things get more than a little too dramatic.   I’d rather hear a soap opera intro than the Persian proverb, “This too shall pass.” To fatalistic.   Unless it’s a really awful thing I can’t wait […]

NEW BEHAVIOR CODE FOR MEN WHO READ

    From breaking news, a behavior code for men is long past due. We’re not looking so good, not when old guys find their past behavior code for men so outdated, not when they’re called to account for asses grabbed and groped and try and convince us ‘it was a different world’ back then. […]

Forgiveness Work, Once You Start It Never Ends

    The hardest part about forgiveness work is knowing where to stop. And when.   If life is spinning out of control and you’re grasping for a line, a branch, a helping hand, forgiveness may not be the first thing on your mind. Hard to forgive anything with the roof crashing down and the […]