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An old guy named Joe

May 2, 2019

I know an old guy by the name of Joe. I’m guessing he’s about my age. Joe’s done some amazing things the right way. He married his high school sweetheart and raised four children. He had one job his whole life and retired with high corporate honors. He lives in a brown house …

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Reading chairs

April 30, 2019

The older I get, the more reading chairs I seize around our home. Sherry, the dominant power of the household, complains that a book or magazine of mine remains indefinitely on at least four seating areas. She attempts to gather them up and put them on a shelf, but I have …

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Filtered/Unfiltered


April 28, 2019

As I’m getting old, I recognize my friends fall into two camps: filtered and unfiltered. For example, my friend Bradley is a filtered guy. Before retirement, he was a dean in the University of Wisconsin System and respected by all his colleagues. Everyone counted on Bradley. …

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Kevin

April 25, 2019

One of my heroes had a stroke. I’ve known him nearly a lifetime. Kevin lovingly told me many years ago to quit talking so much about myself and my fabricated success stories. He said to stay quiet and listen to the wisdom and beauty of others. At the time, I did not have the …

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The Rescuer

April 23, 2019

One of my favorite paintings is The Rescuer by MacKenzie Thorpe. It hangs in our dining room and portrays a shepherd carrying a white sheep on his back through steep grass before a storm hits. It makes me think of how all of us in days gone by have been the rescued sheep in …

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Rattlesnake killer

April 21, 2019

My old boss Gordon told me that when someone is doing important work, don’t bother them with the details. Wyatt Blue was a great dog, a blend of German Shepherd and Rugged Nevada. Two decades ago when we hiked the Pine Nut Mountain Range, Wyatt Blue, our new puppy, came upon …

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A special spot


April 18, 2019

Aging with a special spot of land is a big deal. My favorite spot is a stretch of tiny creek that runs through my backyard. It’s fed by the snow that falls high above in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Wet winters makes it move fast and gurgle boastfully until late July. …

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Foot fungus

April 16, 2019

No one says to me, “Don, your toenails are really getting ugly.” Not to my face anyway. However, with aging from my 50s to my 60s and then on to my 70s, my toenails appear to be taking a beating. I’ll spare you the details, but they are not pretty. I’ve never been the …

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Go long

April 14, 2019

My brother, Eddie, died on Christmas Day of 2010. My fondest memories of him go way back to when I was in fifth grade and Eddie was in eighth. We played football on Curtiss Street with our neighborhood buddies. Eddie could rifle a football faster and more accurately than …

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House slippers

April 11, 2019

I can’t find my house slippers. I didn’t leave them at the grocery store or Dairy Queen because, by definition, they don’t leave the house. I’ve checked under the bed and behind the back door with no success. How silly of me to look on my closet floor for the 10th time …

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