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Unlike most people, I have more than one birthday. The first celebrates my birth and the second, Feb. 9, is the day I received my stem cell transplant. In the fall of 2000 I was diagnosed with primary amyloidosis. If you’ve...
Posted by admin
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:16:54 PST
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Okay, okay, I'll be the first to admit it. I am vain. I know, you wouldn't think that of a person who fits the description of "fat, balding, and forty (plus nearly a decade)" is vain, but it's true. I am so self-conscious of how I look...
Posted by tomasi
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:10:20 PDT
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I have been driving for the past 42 years and consider myself to be a pretty good driver. Having driven on California freeways my entire life, and on a dare, drove a motor home down San Francisco’s Lombard Street, qualifies...
Posted by tomasi
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 14:05:56 PDT
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With plasma televisions and high definition channels, it’s no wonder we spend so much time in front of the screen. Now, I happen to be in that category referred as “seniors” and I do watch the boob tube quite often....
Posted by tomasi
- Mon Apr 9, 2007 12:55:48 PDT
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The Nile Theater holds many memories for me. Not only is the place that my wife, Debbie, worked as a ticket girl, it is also the place where my mouth nearly caused me to lose my front teeth.
I recall that it was probably early in the...
Posted by tomasi
- Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:27:20 PST
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As the holidays approach, I am reminded of our first and only Christmas in Oregon. It was, without a doubt, one of the most unforgettable holidays we have celebrated in our 33 years of marriage.
Because all of our family was...
Posted by tomasi
- Mon Dec 4, 2006 18:29:26 PST
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As we drove back over the mountain to Bandon, Debbie and I discussed why we had left California. After all, except for a few days in summer, Bakersfield weather isn’t that bad, but I guess when compared to the cool northwest, it...
Posted by tomasi
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:33:58 PST
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Convinced that our belongings would soon arrive in Oregon, we purchased sparingly at the local K-Mart.
Coos Bay was small, especially in California terms, so it didn’t take us long to find the store. Because there was no...
Posted by tomasi
- Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:24:02 PDT
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Once we were back in California, things fell into the old comfortable routine.
Debbie and I discussed our Easter trip, and while we agreed resettling in Oregon sounded like a great idea, maybe we had acted just a bit too hasty....
Posted by tomasi
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 03:38:19 PDT
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I kept waiting for the owner of the Crab Shack to return and tell Alex and Diane that they had been duped, but he never came back out front. By the time we had finished eating lunch I had recovered from the shock that my wife had...
Posted by tomasi
- Mon Jul 17, 2006 22:52:02 PDT
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Once I was back in the car, temporary contract in hand, everyone was overjoyed with my good fortune. This was it — the first foothold in Oregon and something definitely worth celebrating, so we decided to find a place to eat. As we...
Posted by tomasi
- Wed Jul 5, 2006 16:11:13 PDT
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We should have known better. We should have listened to our friends and families. We should have thought twice before moving to Oregon –– but we didn’t. If we had realized we were about to cross more than a state line,...
Posted by tomasi
- Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:18:33 PDT
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One of my friends recently complained about the way their son continually lost retainers. I think this must be something we, parents, have in common — how to help your son or daughter keep track of this dental appliance. I mean,...
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- Thu May 18, 2006 10:23:26 PDT
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A Day in The Life: Finding Seymour The world is divided into cat people and dog people. Ask any of our friends and they will tell you that we are...
Posted by tomasi
- Thu Apr 13, 2006 23:18:54 PDT
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