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WHEN ‘OLDEN DAYS’ GET OLDER

January 27, 2023 by

My olden days started in 5th grade. It was a nice day in North Bend, Oregon. A little chilly, not that foggy, and just windy enough to spread your jacket out like wings and lean in to it. I skipped half the lunch recess outside and ducked into the grade school library. The door was […]

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OLD MAN TALKING ELDER HEALTH IN GYM

August 26, 2019 by

An old man, older than me, saddled up on the stationary bike next to mine. I’ve skipped the bike a while but now training for the prospects of pedaling around Paris. Together, the old man and I were biking Beaverton from 24Hr Fitness. My usual question if someone older looks chatty is, “How are things […]

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OLD SCHOOL LANDMINE LEADERSHIP

October 3, 2016 by

With lives at stake, landmine leadership matters. Detecting landmines in the Korean War needed men who paid attention during training. Those were the guys who stepped into the minefield first, the people with landmine leadership. If they did the job they were trained for others could walk through the same area without blowing themselves up. […]

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