When Lemons Won’t Make LemonadeWhen Lemons Won’t Make Lemonade How I Failed to Turn Being Disbarred and Reinstated into a Legal Specialty It was March of 2003. Effective the first of that year, the Oregon Supreme Court had made … Oct 21 26October 21, 2026Article at Medium
My Brief Adventure with Sleep ApneaMy Brief Adventure with Sleep Apnea Twelve Weeks of Medicine, Placebos, and Salesmanship One morning my wife told me that during the previous night she had gotten out of bed to get a drink of water … Aug 23 26August 23, 2026Article at Medium
Novelists AnonymousNovelists Anonymous I have fallen off the wagon again. I will just come out and say it. “I wrote another novel.” I thought I was done with it, that I’d sworn off forever, that taking it one day … Aug 18 26August 18, 2026Article at Medium
Novelists AnonymousNovelists Anonymous I have fallen off the wagon again. I will just come out and say it. “I wrote another novel.” I thought I was done with it, that I’d sworn off forever, that taking it one day … Aug 18 26August 18, 2026Article at Medium
My Wife is DisappearingMy Wife is Disappearing GLP-1 has changed everything When it comes to weight, I am a pogo stick kind of guy: up and down. I decide that I really want to become an expert at sourdough bread, bake a … Jul 22 26July 22, 2026Article at Medium
It’s Always the Writing That FailsIt’s Always the Writing That Fails Why narrative dies. Noir Detective Series I like to stream noir detective series. Many of the best ones come from Scandinavia, and I subscribe to the streaming … Jun 05 26June 05, 2026Article at Medium
It’s Always the Writing That FailsIt’s Always the Writing That Fails Why narrative dies. Noir Detective Series I like to stream noir detective series. Many of the best ones come from Scandinavia, and I subscribe to the streaming … Jun 05 26June 05, 2026Article at Medium
My Continuing Quest to Create a Social Support System for Retired MenMy Continuing Quest to Create a Social Support System for Retired Men An update at the start of Year Three In the spring of 2024, I set out to solve the problem of retired men growing old without a … May 08 26May 08, 2026Article at Medium
Accomplices Assist Old Man in Daring Escape from Costa Rica’s Manuel Antonio ParkAccomplices Assist Old Man in Daring Escape from Costa Rica’s Manuel Antonio Park When shade and a park bench are not enough I live in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. When I leave the suburbs and … Mar 16 26March 16, 2026Article at Medium
Eating Sushi in MexicoEating Sushi in Mexico The culinary lies I tell myself My wife and I live in Portland, Oregon. It rains once a year in Portland. That once-a-year rain lasts from mid-November until the first of … Jan 24 26January 24, 2026Article at Medium
Gritty from a Safe DistanceGritty from a Safe Distance At a Lucinda Williams show, we confronted the reality of aging — hers and ours. I saw on my phone that Lucinda Williams was coming to town, and believing that most other … Oct 12 25October 12, 2025Article at Medium
It’s Time We Talked About Your Cable SubscriptionIt’s Time We Talked About Your Cable Subscription I was paying for service I didn’t need out of habit. Here’s how I stopped. I’m old, and I live in a neighborhood filled with old people. I … Oct 02 25October 02, 2025Article at Medium
Tidying Up the Detritus of a CareerTidying Up the Detritus of a Career Reflections on Identity After Law People used to approach me at social events and ask, “Are you an elder-law lawyer?” Usually they wanted free legal advice … Sep 21 25September 21, 2025Article at Medium
The Death of BobThe Death of Bob Musings on a dog, dogs, and getting old. Bob, our dog, died on August 28, 2025. He was 17 years old. Bob had been declining for a long time. He was blind. He was deaf. He couldn’t … Sep 12 25September 12, 2025Article at Medium
Retiring My Hedge Trimmer: Pride, Aging and Paying for HelpRetiring My Hedge Trimmer: Pride, Aging and Paying for Help Another milestone in aging This morning, there are young men outside my home blowing leaves and trimming shrubbery. For decades, that has … Sep 05 25September 05, 2025Article at Medium
Plain Books and Secret Wisdom: What My Mother Knew - The Memoirist - MediumI attended third grade in a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The town was called Spearfish, which I considered a very fine name. From our house, we could see Lookout Mountain, a tall… Aug 05 25August 05, 2025Article at Medium
Is the Puff-chested Know-it-all in Danger of Extinction?Every family, every social group and every neighborhood across our planet has one. Or maybe more than one. The know-it-all. These frustrating but ultimately lovable creatures prowl our communities… Jul 21 25July 21, 2025Article at Medium
Teaching Law on the Way to Surgery - Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age - MediumI had a bothersome lump on my abdomen. I described my symptoms to Claude, my AI doctor, who suggested that I might have an inguinal hernia. He told me to contact my human doctor. I then asked Claude… Jul 16 25July 16, 2025Article at Medium
The Gentle Pleasure of Reading Anthony Trollope - Orrin Onken - MediumI like structure in my recreational reading. When I retired, it became mandatory for me to read biographies of the American presidents, and I read them in order. One pleasure of doing it that way was… Jun 24 25June 24, 2025Article at Medium
I Love My AI Doctor - Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age - MediumI have never had my own doctor. A doctor I could call or see on a regular basis. One who remembers me from one visit to the next. One for whom I am more than a stop on his or her rush from one… Jun 09 25June 09, 2025Article at Medium
