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  • Children’s Stories

    Something fun to do in Oregon is to visit the Enchanted Forest outside of Salem. Built into a wooded mountain side, kids can interact with various Grimm fairy tales before their Disney glow-up. I went as a kid and I’ve taken my daughters several times as well. They have a cute Humpty Dumpty, scenes from…

  • The Good, Bad & Indifferent 

    Most humans have the ability to imagine what others are feeling. Empathy is both a useful and frustrating trait. If we see another suffering, we can imagine how awful it feels and be moved to help out. Sometimes though we can’t help or don’t want to be reminded of an ugly or uncomfortable situation. It’s…

  • DEI in OT

    Does the God of the Old Testament show an interest in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? We may be familiar with the love and generosity of the Jesus in the New Testament*, but the early Bible stories are harsh and seem to favor exclusivity to Israel and inequity to women and minorities. Is that true? Let’s…

  • Sales 3 

    Total commission sales is wild. That means it’s all profit or loss and you see it with each decision you make. If you make a sale you get paid, but if you don’t make a sale you don’t. It doesn’t matter how many hours you spent, it’s whether your time was effective.  All of my…

  • Sales 2

    A couple of weeks, I wrote about struggling through my week with several days with no sales. I now can understand a little how realtors feel by going to lots of open houses or car sales people feel after going on lots of test drives. The good news is that I did make a substantial…

  • Back to the Past

    Netflix has the movie Back to the Future playing for the last few days of September, and I watched it last night. It originally came out in the Eighties when I was in third grade.  It was a big deal, everyone was talking about it.  Back then, it was a straight forward adventure story of…

  • Modern Medicine

    Yesterday was the second longest day of this year. I had to get up early to drive out to Tanasbourne early for my biennial Echo. It’s something I have to do to make sure all the tubes and pumps are working in my heart. The hospital is running on a skeleton crew since the pandemic.…

  • Happy Veterans Day

    To those who have fought in wars, and served both here and abroad. To those who now live every day like Clark Kent, knowing you once were Superman. You put away cape and go out every day hiding behind your glasses and doing regular jobs. Thank you for the foes you slew. We remember the…

  • Bag Boys

    Why does the Boomer Generation push back against environmental improvements? I keep getting these posts and memes about how annoying single-use bag rules and plastic straw bans are. Of course I get that it is kind of frustrating when you’re used to having an endless supply of free plastic bags and straws at the store…

  • An Invitation to Connection

    The month of June is called Pride Month by the LGTBQ+ community and our town will be hosting a Pride Party on Saturday, June 3, 12 – 5 pm, at Jerry Willey Plaza near Orenco Station in Hillsboro. I am inviting you to attend along with my family. It will be the first time for…