Author Archives: damelgreen

How to Quit Smoking Once and For All

Posted on February 20, 2014 by damelgreen

I smoked two packs a day for 50 years and tried to quit on and off for 20 of those years. I’d run out for a few puffs when it was 10 below and 118 above. Light one up every … Continue reading →

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The Longest, Loudest, and Craziest Holiday of All

Posted on December 27, 2012 by damelgreen

If you haven’t thought that the New Year’s holiday was the longest, loudest, and craziest holiday of them all, then you haven’t celebrated the New Year in Aruba. They do much more than bang pots and pans together at midnight … Continue reading →

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Ebony White

Posted on June 9, 2011 by damelgreen

It was the first snow of winter. A beautiful, young housewife sat at her kitchen nook sipping a dark ebony, Kona blend coffee. She was drawn into the shimmering black pool of her morning drink and the reflections of the … Continue reading →

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Searching For a Daughter-in-Law

Posted on April 14, 2011 by damelgreen

Searching for a Daughter-in-Law           We were standing knee deep in the tumbling waters of the Rogue River. We stood side by side casting into a small pool above a line of boulders. The trick was to get the fly … Continue reading →

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Has Anybody Seen My Scissors?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by damelgreen

What could be better than playing 9 holes of golf every morning before the daily meeting at work? What could be better than playing golf every morning on a Caribbean course with ocean views of paradise at every turn? What … Continue reading →

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