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GOING HOME THE LONG WAY

If going home doesn’t bring the warm and fuzzies, you need to review. Are bad memories of a bad home town a problem? You should check your map for the best way to get there. If current times are any measure, being homeward bound is not getting any easier.

FEELING OLD AND TOO TIRED? TIME FOR A PUPPY

Feeling old and being old are two different things. How many times have you scrolled social media and found young people who sound too old for their years. Or at least too old for the the image they use for identification. Not everything is as it seems online. An old person could use a thirty […]

RESPECT YOURSELF FIRST? IT TAKES SOME PRACTICE

Try and respect yourself when you see others doing the wrong thing. But, maybe they don’t know they’re doing something wrong, and you don’t want to correct them? If you know better, then what’s your excuse for not doing better? Call it a lifestyle, or a life choice, or maybe just being a decent person. […]

PRISON LIFE FOR ONE BAD MAN

From the accounts of prison life from people who toured the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, it sounds worse than they expected. Apparently it’s uncomfortable, stinky, cold, and no one cares about them as much as they’d like. I will agree with them even though I’ve never had the jail door slam behind me after […]

THE GREAT LEAP FOR SPORTS DREAMS IN PORTLAND

The Great Leap is on stage in downtown Portland, Oregon. It’s a solid jumper, a score for the home team. Who would have guessed four actors could show history so well? And do a basketball game without players and made it feel as real as any last second drama. No fouls called on this play.

HUMAN BONDING BENT BUT NOT BROKEN

If you over-analyze how life on earth works it comes down to one thing: human bonding. Call it trust, call it faith, because those are the ingredients. As humans we are bound by trust and faith in the recipe for human bonding. Take your car for instance:

BRIDGE CITY BRIDGES, PICK ONE AND CROSS IT FOR GOOD LUCK

Bridge city is that place, that town, any bump in the road that needs a bridge. Walking on or driving over any bridge is an act of faith. But we do it without a blink. After all, that’s how we cross a river, a bay. That’s how we get to the other side. With luck […]

BEER WRITING IS ABOUT DESTINATION BEER? NOT ALWAYS

Beer writing is about the new, the bold, the best beers on the market. It’s citrus beer, fresh hop beer, hazy and low-cal beer. From first beer to last beer, destination beer is still king. Go out for a new beer and you’ll get more than you bargained for if your destination is Kalama, Washington […]

PORTLAND WRITING: WHAT TO SAY AFTER IT’S ALL BEEN SAID

Portland writing classes made it seem like everyone in town was a writer. Publish a book and that’s good enough to fill a teacher’s role? Yes it is. Word of mouth got around, a friend offers space, and people pay to show up and listen. And learn. But what do you learn?

PAIN WRITERS: GUIDELINES FOR A PAINFUL STORY

Pain writers draw inspiration from two sources: Their own pain. Someone else’s pain. The source of pain is a standard feature. Pain writers want you to feel it. For example:

GOING HOME THE LONG WAY

FEELING OLD AND TOO TIRED? TIME FOR A PUPPY

RESPECT YOURSELF FIRST? IT TAKES SOME PRACTICE

PRISON LIFE FOR ONE BAD MAN

THE GREAT LEAP FOR SPORTS DREAMS IN PORTLAND

HUMAN BONDING BENT BUT NOT BROKEN

BRIDGE CITY BRIDGES, PICK ONE AND CROSS IT FOR GOOD LUCK

BEER WRITING IS ABOUT DESTINATION BEER? NOT ALWAYS

PORTLAND WRITING: WHAT TO SAY AFTER IT’S ALL BEEN SAID

PAIN WRITERS: GUIDELINES FOR A PAINFUL STORY

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