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Best Friends

Best friends

September 29, 2022

Here’s a fun and rewarding exercise I played a few nights ago when I couldn’t go to sleep (probably too many tacos). I brought to mind three close friends and thought about what makes them so darn spectacular. I had fun doing it. There were several qualities all three …

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Road Rage or Wave

Road rage or wave?

September 22, 2022

My talents as a nationally renowned researcher came to the surface once again last week. Harvard and Stanford are vying for my reputation and expertise. I’m back on the road once more in Washoe Valley, Nevada, walking briskly (kind of) with my cane and little, red, bouncy …

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Matchless

Matchless

September 19, 2022

I‘d get so angry.  My daughter, Kate, was on the Monona Grove High School tennis team, playing doubles with her friend and partner, Ree. During fierce competitions, the two of them would break up laughing and carrying on like little girls. I was there to help them. I’d …

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All Attitude

It’s all attitude

September 15, 2022

On Monday morning, I went to the Social Security regional office in Reno. I knew I was in for a “fun time,” so I arrived 20 minutes before the office opened at 9 a.m. Around 50 people were already in line ahead of me outside the big metal entrance. Heavy smoke …

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In remembrance

September 13, 2022

Over 30 years ago, Sherry and I bought our home on Franktown Road in Washoe Valley, Nevada. The previous owners had the cutest little girl who cried as her family packed their final truck load and pulled out of the drive.  She yelled out the back window, “Goodbye, …

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Down with perfectionism

September 1, 2022

Of all of the destructive traits that get in my way, perfectionism is not one of them. However, I see it pop up with others at work sites and in my relationships with friends and family. My pattern goes in the opposite way. I pass things along in my personal and professional …

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Edgar

August 30, 2022

I’m catching some marvelous shows on my sidewalk. The last one featured Edgar, the tiniest ant of them all. Edgar found a twig and his life’s passion was to get this humongous piece of wood from one side of the sidewalk to the other. I was in the stands (my folding chair) …

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Brain bucket

August 28, 2022

We all have a brain bucket. Mine is 77 years old and getting a little rusty at the bottom. Little scraps of knowledge drip and splat on the earth somewhere. I have a solution. I stay curious. I hang out with smart folks. I read good books and watch quality television shows …

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Jody Beth Baker

August 25, 2022

Dogs amaze me. My friend and dog behaviorist, Kevin, taught me that dogs pick up on human emotions long before other humans have a clue. This brings me to Jody Beth Baker. She’s our only female dog. Every day, she puts up with her three brothers who think they rule the pack. …

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Why?

August 23, 2022

I spent two hours all by myself on my 77th birthday. I sat in a rickety old chair behind the toolshed. Sherry wasn’t looking for me. My dogs were up the hill, hoping to find a slow rabbit (there’s no such thing as a slow rabbit in Washoe Valley). My cell phone was lost …

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