I can’t decide if I would be a Bison or a Bear. Both of these animals made themselves known to me when a late spring snowstorm befell Yellowstone National Park and we had to hightail it out to Bozeman to catch our flight back to Seattle. Bear is a common term applied to larger men …
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Dear Doug
Looks like you made it to 100. Good thing you stopped eating everything at the grocery store that are in the center of the store–and kept to shopping only on the edge of the store: the produce, the meats, the dairy and the deli–and not all the crap with ingredient lists designed to put you …
Return Receipt Requested
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine Dear Douglas, -or- Dear Not Enough Time, Hurry and Worry rhyme–and it’s no accident. Actually, it usually results in one! Almost every short cut you take may mean you never get the solution or the answer you would need in the future, such that you won’t have a do-over …
The Trail of Pairs . . .
. . . of my Sneakers, Converse, Basketball hightop, Vans, Skechers—and Running Shoes! J’you know ‘oh hoe. Tonight I’m running you! J’you know ‘oh hoe / that in the book of life, when we die / and review our biggest lie / of what we came here to do / and be and set debt …
Eagles’ Feathers
Describe an item you were incredibly attached to in your youth. What became of it? The feathers of an American Eagle are protected and can only be kept by Native Americans. An Osage Indian bequeathed a beautiful piece of eagle’s feathers somehow fastened together to form an an attractive apron of sorts that could be …
Ponce de Leon’s Moderna Secret
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? I’ve found the Fountain of Youth in food plan support group of Food Addicts in recovery anonymous. There I learned that flour and sugar in processed foods were a mortality hazard.
New Years Eve
Halloween is only three days away as I write this chapter, and it’s a Saturday and already I have seen costumes last night, and even earlier in the week. But the holiday season vibe is picking up and everyone is in the change of gears of the season. The air is crisp and clear. The …
End of the Line
“Last stop people.” Another day closes. I can pull in knowing I passed the test in avoiding collisions with other cars, trucks, pedestrians, skaters, and cyclists. Most important, I didn’t make contact with any rideshare drivers looking down at their phone and being inattentive. The thousands of ride share cars coming in daily from out-of-county …
Lane Closed
This is a common orange construction sign found all over the city. Fortunately, I am driving the white 2004, 2005 ETI Skoda trolleybus from the Czech Republic, and I have 16 foot trolley poles for maximum travel maneuvering. Not so with the new sixty-foot Flyer trolleybuses with 14’ 6” yellow poles limiting their lane traveling …
Have a Meany Merry Christmas
There is only one Grinch. Or is there? Don’t be one next week. Oh, btw: https://www.daoofdoug.com
