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Boomer Wisdom
Doesn’t come easy. Boomer Wisdom takes a bit of bourbon, a bunch of summer barbecues, plus 40 years of grinding out a paycheck in a job you sometimes…
Apr 25
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Chris Erskine
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Welcome, Charlie!
Suzanne has a new granddaughter, Miss Charlie, born on the back of an oak leaf, up there in wine country a few weeks ago.
Apr 22
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Chris Erskine
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How Do You Unwind?
Feel as if you are being pecked to death by ducks sometimes? Try trimming a tree, your tendons tight as crossbows.
Apr 18
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Chris Erskine
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Swing Hard, Kid
That’s what Ted Williams did on 3-and-2 counts … that’s what Einstein did with the vagaries of light. Shouldn’t we?
Apr 15
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Chris Erskine
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Eyes Like Lakes
As they say, God lives in the margins. You see him in the seams of sunsets, and in the shimmering eyes of children.
Apr 11
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Chris Erskine
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The Easter Feast
The menu: Pup cups and Chicago-style deviled eggs ... young voices rising in song.
Apr 8
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Chris Erskine
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The Functioning Chocoholic
Whatever gets you through the night: a book, a gummy, a big chocolate bunny.
Apr 4
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Chris Erskine
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Eggs and Gratitude
Happy Easter, Dad. From you I learned irreverence. From you, I learned the universe.
Apr 1
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Chris Erskine
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March 2026
Laughter Is Prayer
And jokes are whisky.
Mar 28
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Chris Erskine
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Opening Day
I’ll now start to self-medicate with baseball, our nation’s most ornery and eloquent game.
Mar 26
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Chris Erskine
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1% Better Every Day
Who needs AI? Well, me. I’m one brain cell away from being a brick.
Mar 25
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Chris Erskine
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Prayer and Jury Pools
I still believe in all the mainstream myths of our day. That kindness counts. That God has a plan.
Mar 21
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Chris Erskine
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