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COOKING PARTY FOR ADDED LIFE FLAVORS

A cooking party around my house is a regular thing. Even if it’s just me. The requirements? Someone needs to take over the operation so I’m not the control freak. When it’s pizza baking, there are other things involved. Such as:

INSIGHTFUL AGING TAKES PRACTICE

Insightful aging? Oh yeah, I’ve got insight. It’s not such a reach when you see people leaving the party way too soon. Once you’re done, you’re done, then the question is how will you be remembered? So how will you be remembered? How do you want to be remembered?

KID PARTY REVIEW

If you have kids you’ve had a kid party. If you have kids and haven’t had a party, shame on you. They only turn ONE once. If you miss that, shoot for two, three, four, five. You get it?

‘BREAK ME’ SING ALONG TIME

You can’t break me if I leave You might fake me if I stay I get all shook up and don’t know which way to turn But if you’re who I think you are Drinking beer in this shitty bar We might build some bridges we can burn

SUMMER PARTY SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY

A summer party in a party house? That’s what it’s made for, both season and house. After twenty years, it finally felt right.

PARTY PEOPLE WHO BRING THE EXTRA EXCITEMENT

Party people come to life at the right time. They also make things come to life. Pictures of food and dessert are one thing, but seeing it put together in real time is a whole ‘nother thing. Wherever the flag idea came from, it looked good yesterday. A lot of things looked good yesterday.

KEN KESEY, SOMETIMES A GREAT OREGON IN KERNVILLE

Kernville house for Ken Kesey’s Sometimes A Great Notion In some parts of America I balk at driving the back roads. I drive on, but carefully. Those roads show more about a shared history if you look hard enough. The Siletz Highway, OR 229 headed east off of 101 north of Depoe Bay, is one […]

PUSH YOUR ENVELOPE FOR PROOF

Go outside the box and push your envelope. Push it real good. Too often baby boomers take the good advice of slowing down, like take time to smell the roses. It’s good advice because we’re not the proverbial spring chicken anymore, but it doesn’t mean crawl into a hole and die. When is the last […]