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Word Fingers

When you can’t think of anything good to say, maybe just don’t say anything.

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Journal Entry 3-1-25

A This American Life story got me to thinking about my own life story.

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We will Get Through This

Bonnie asked not “How bad could it get?” but rather “How good could it get?”

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Wrapping it up

Wrapping up the final silly snapshots from our full life.

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Cherokees in Oregon

Every August, hundreds of Cherokees gather in Oregon and reconnect with our Tribal government.

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Tigard Festival of Balloons

The Tigard balloon festival is one thing to love about Portland.

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Bennett Place – Civil War History

This story was intentionally kept out of our history textbooks.

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1989 on Stage

I attended two plays in a single week in a single building, both stories shaped by the year 1989.

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Pandemic epistemology

Science is used to maximize the probability that we know what we think we know.

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Last day in Amman

On our final day in the country, we tried to do the things we hadn’t done yet.

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