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Marketing Madness
On a whim I read an email sent to me on my website. I don’t get a lot there. Mostly people trying to market to me. This one was...

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Mar 20, 20234 min read
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Alarming Texts
A couple of weeks ago I filled my stepbrother’s phone with irregular texts. Ones I think if we are being observed in texting would be red...

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Feb 8, 20223 min read
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LouderMilk
A few weeks ago I was on the phone with a good friend. They paused a second when we were talking about some science subject. He blurted...

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Jun 1, 20213 min read
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Where are your words?
Last night I was getting my non-verbal daughter ready for bed. Part of her night routine she is in a position where I need to ask if she...

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May 24, 20213 min read
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Adventure from Thin Air
Here in the Northwest our days are becoming warmer and that big fiery thing in the sky has started to linger. The other day on one of...

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May 17, 20214 min read
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Audio Book Premier
Last night, due to a schedule with my daughter I got up at 3 in the morning. Sometimes when I do the work required to help with her...

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May 12, 20214 min read
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Smoking Results
I went on a road trip with my son to the coast the day after my experiment with 3 cigars. He turned and looked at me and asked. “Do...

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May 2, 20212 min read
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Final Smoke
It was a balmy evening I pulled out my wool blanket laid it out under the tree in my front yard. I put together a platter with three...

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Apr 29, 20214 min read
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The Trouble with Being Resilient
It is around 380 days into being kept under quarantine conditions here in Oregon. And It is wearing on me. I know it is weighing on...

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Apr 19, 20215 min read
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Spark it Up
The air was crisp and the wind had a slight breeze to it. The Oregon sky was moist yet clear and the sky was full of stars. I pulled a...

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Apr 12, 20213 min read
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How the Bourbon Bubbles
March 17 I was in the middle of making a meal and reached down to get some olive oil from a big bottle I keep under the sink I keep a...

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Apr 3, 20213 min read
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Smoke Signals
This week I pulled up a project I had finished the rough draft of in December and had reread the last couple months. I thought I was...

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Mar 6, 20213 min read
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Passionate Love
I have deep passionate love for profound nonsense. You might have no idea what I am talking about, till you have truly touched it, it is...

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Feb 28, 20212 min read
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Yellow Star
My daughter who is non-verbal has this toy that is a drum and on it is this yellow button star to start its play cycle over if it has...

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Feb 11, 20212 min read
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Cluttered Spaces
My family room is strewn with toys and every room in my house has book shelves crammed with books somewhere. My walls are strewn with...

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Jan 24, 20213 min read
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Political Landmine
I don’t know about you but for me these days so many conversations have become these armored field of landmines. I think I am having a...

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Jan 15, 20213 min read
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What do you believe?
When I was young every once in awhile a friend in the midst of some fervor in a belief system would look at me and ask me. “What do you...

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Jan 6, 20213 min read
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Color Me Impressed
I recently offered to make a print of one of the paintings I have for a series I hope to someday approach a place for a show. Because of...

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Jan 5, 20212 min read
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Santa Lesson
I am Jewish. But I didn’t grow up Jewish. I grew up with what I like to call Hallmark Holidays. There was more of focus on the...

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Dec 31, 20203 min read
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