Category: General
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A weekend with Tilly Jane
I spent the past weekend with 18 strangers (friends of a friend who I’d now call friends) at the Tilly Jane A-Frame up on Mount Hood. Built in 1939 and with no modern amenities, the recommendation is to pack for a backpacking trip minus the tent. You’re given a roof, a wood stove, and not
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All the losses
This is a mopey post. I hope it’s the last one for a long while. This morning I was laid off effective immediately. I had worked for the company for ten years. It didn’t come as a shock as the writing has been on the wall ever since we were acquired a handful of years ago,
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Doing More
Years ago I was overwhelmed, wrote about it, and was happier for it. Times have changed and I’ve recently felt I’d be happier doing more. When asked if I’d be interested in joining the board for my cycling team, I went for it and got the position. As of this week I am the webmaster/communications dude for
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Some divorcee v-day thoughts and observations
Nothing too related to the day, but the subject is relationships, people, that’s what today is all about, and I’ve got some free time to write, so why not? 😉 People treat you as if divorce is a disease they don’t want to catch. It’s not a lot of people, but there is definitely a stigma attached.
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2016 Year in Review
Another one down and much change had. General The big one – I got divorced. I’m okay, thanks. Halle is making sure I don’t get too lonely and my friends have been wonderful allowing me to third wheel anything and everything. The other big one – the house is sold. Well, pending for now, but I
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That Brain Cancer Awareness Campaign
If you’ve not yet blocked me on Facebook due to the overposting that was the month of May (or any given month depending on your taste), you will likely have noticed that through the entire month of May, I was reposting a new daily image about brain cancer. The campaign was the brainchild (PUN!) of