I Read Thick Books and Then Forget Everything I Read

Here’s what I do remember

Orrin Onken
Crow’s Feet
Published in
2 min readMar 4, 2024

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Back when there were bookstores, I browsed them with my wife. She browsed by title and author. I browsed by thickness. I like to get a lot of pages for my money. I read books the way I watch the Super Bowl — for entertainment. When the entertainment is over, my old brain dumps the information like a hot rock to make room for new…

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Orrin Onken
Crow’s Feet

I am a retired elder law attorney who lives near Portland, Oregon. I write legal mysteries for Salish Ponds Press and articles about being old.