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1940 — Harv’s I-SELF story starts here ======== Junior, as shown in pic, he is already an in-mind FOCUSED OBSERVER thanks to being ‘alone’ in the big-city growth POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE named “sewer socialism” (circa 1850-1950 Milwaukee WI). The pic portrays central Wisconsin ‘vacation’ for Senior (he NEVER went back to farm nor marriage) — mother Connie is shown with or without sister Gloria who lived one day as a ‘blue baby’ — urbanite tavern-owner-son, Senior (Rh+), shown not yet into the full stupor as a functioning alcoholic (he lived to 78y through six dry-up cures until drink made him really sick due to an exhausted liver). Connie [the “sewer socialist” not politically active] lived into her 102nd year at her Milwaukee retirement home — the ‘not-good-enough’ son driving cross country to visit at least yearly, staying in a home guest room taking meals with the residents (Connie did not socialize with her fellow residents ☹️) — until maybe 2005 when he was departing in the retirement home hallway she announced, “Harvey, I don’t think we should see each other again.”😪 Harv, without hesitation responded, “Ma, I agree,” walking off — we never spoke again, or corresponded. Harv was the shotgun pregnancy not aborted. We three were the culmination of generations of what Harv labels as NO-TALK❗️Grand daughter Susan was afforded some Connie TALK and memorabilia before Connie’s death. The years tumbled on, with Harv’s I-SELF subconsciously still driven by his parochial education and his sewer-socialist tradition. He was a latch key kid — the best mother Connie could do in her life-circumstance — as an elementary student he traveled alone to spend summers spread among the mid WI relatives — the last year spent doing substantial 50-head farming work for one aunt/uncle who also owned a ‘hot’ dance hall — Harv worked both. Harv was left to his own devices in getting on in his ME-SELF life, yet he/Connie could be loosely described as a family of two. In 1961 Harv splintered off into marriage with Elaine. Connie alone then coped with her retirement with some Harv assist, focusing in on a life-end retirement home. Harv looked to his future as a SEWER SOCIALIST child — but did not know it then ❗️ That historical awareness came via life-long retro study in October 2025. Continued study aims at making the ‘correct’ choices for Harv’s Real Retirement 2025 status growth. ♠️ P.S. he retired from Bridge play with a one-quarter Masters‘ point.

dance combo

dance combo
2002 — Mother Connie and son Harv danced their lives together under the auspices of life-long NO-TALK parochialism, to whom she relegated Junior’s education and a life style basis. NOTE WELL — NO MALES SURVIVE FOR THE ABOVE OLD-AGE PARTYING❗️ From youth on Harv UNBELIEVED MANY TEACHINGS and TRADITIONS.

life 2026

2026 lifetime view of Harv — YEAR 88 still a YOUTHFUL SPIRIT 😏 1960-1997 chased life partner ideation 💒 1986-1991 college educator 🏫 year 52 retired but didn’t know it 🧐 1999-2018 chased family 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 year 86 2024-2025 SELF expression and publish 🤪 year 87 2025 began RETIREMENT Tx 😉 year 88 📖 🚆🧑‍🦼‍➡️🚶 (26oct2025) 💡 — he sees himself [at the nano-blog level (NB)] an ELDER CONSULTANT (EC) with one student, ie, himself … … … He is a philosopher of individual lives — his own equal in quality to all functional others — his challenge is to express that ideation (via a sliver of a ‘we’whole-hour) to anybody interested [currently counted with just the index finger and by too many with just the ring finger] — He is ‘EC’ only AS HE HAS ANY FUNCTIONAL LIFETIME REMAINING — he works at maximizing his longevity via cooperation with health-care-industry and minimizing other distractions, inclusive of car-living — he is reclusive as a STUDENT-IN-STUDY but not a recluse.

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to Milwaukee

1937 ? — Connie bolted from Marshfield live-in domestic work (indentured since grade five), to Milwaukee to mother’s-side south-Milwaukee relatives and perhaps domestic work for an east-side Milwaukee dentist.

Armand

1937? 1938? 1939? 1940? — Armand Otto south-Milwaukee-tavern-owner hung himself (cancer?).

sailor stand-up

sailor stand-up
1941 - THIS KID, today, still works his lifetime as a JOB! “Huh ?“ 🙄 ? RETIRED ? Contrarily, HarvOtto.com exists as a work of SELF study evidential narration challenge. Likely, it is a psychiatric COMPLEXITY CHALLENGE to understand SELF (effectualness navigation required). SELF IDEATION begins in the brain, develops in mind, via tasks chosen by a faceted self, 😉 ie, I-self, Me-self, We-self. 🤪 BE HAPPY with your own brain-mind-self as a JOB-mess 🤪. (Background pic represents Harv’s inherent tradition of being-aside, ie, ALONE.) His SELF study began in the 1970s as THEORY W.

beard in-car

beard in-car
2025 — looking ‘into’ his ‘magic-window’ iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard connected to “in-car home” internet, Harv jokingly laughs, (when he can get his keys LIT all-the-time🤥) — Harv laughs at his EXTERIOR SELF while at his daily-picnic-in-the-county-park [he is now TRESPASSED there 😕] — HARV is forever curious of his INNER SELF related to world-wariness via his curated “FREE” CHOICES. Local-yokel modernity-reality — if Harv does not behave he takes responsibility for his own chosen life-way — continually adjusting as he has perceived being trespassed from many places by many individuals — Harv respects them all, although he moves on his life-time path-way.

self key words

Before Harv’s INNER SELF study seriously took over his whole-hour lifetime interest in 2025. Harv had his “chasing-family’ lifetime-phase 1999-2018 — well worth the time spent, but that chase was not the crux for KNOWING HIS SELF (his two preliminary SELF-keyword's are ALONE and TWEAK — perhaps MINIMALISM is another). A fairly comfortable book title has snuck out — NOT to be available soon in book stores near you.

a potential California family home

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PERSPECTIVE   for the challenge of building a figurative home in California; (Another whirlwind of geography, 
continued elder aches, a new health control system, and family program changes.) Is Harv up to the tasks?
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The reinvention blog June 3 remains instructive as Harv struggles for the energy to shape his future   LIFEWAY  .
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>2018 JUNE detail for life pattern awareness 
flow weekly   LIFEWAY 
w22: into38jeans, w23; CAhome, w24; sad/study, w25; moveOut, w26; return’home’.
w18: backupAir, w19; Nancy?dogs, w20; reinvent; w21; seclusion.
w14: DeBaryH.care, w15; muscleCrampsPAINw11on, w16; CA h.care, w17; stonesPass,
w13: PCP aims protein, carbs, 6m no b.donate, at least walk for 80#overweight42jeans,

weeks of month   LIFE HISTORY FLOW  
26 -  Susan/Greg in HI, PCP3mFollowupDue
25 -  Greg in Lincoln, donate blood,
24 -  Lincoln home setup talk,
23 -  Sue to Indiana, home in CA offer,
22 -  wallet opens,
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80th year week 23 study of calendar history reconciled to 168 hours weekly for validity: 
CONFIDENT CALENDAR LIFEWAY aimed at detail pattern analysis and prompt actualization (article 1815);
- oneself lifeway focus on exit to FL in three weeks has changed to an offer for a CA family home,
- less open(chase) continues, avoid temper tantrums, emotionally tired, sent two suicide emails, 
- no progress Numbers for dissertation reentrance, read in some Stoicism and Vulnerability books, 
- give Jared/Lance followup time for Lego kits to get built/filmed,
HEALTHY AGING by Mayo Clinic;
- delayed fourth scooter tryout, into 38w jeans with belt 5 notches cinched, made FL PCP appointments, 
- no non fridge beans/sausage evening meals thus BM difficulty, scooter seems worthy 5day recovery,
- nipples hurt if pressed, expand stress tidbit to article 2o, 70# gym set, 
AS-SET NICETIES support wellness; 
- difficult reentry into Mr.FixIt role, Fit driver seat latch fix, Fit lighter replaced, no Fit air recharge,
- silicone under hall runners awaits approval, another dogs’ fragrance soother, assured Bob for Africa 2019,
- Febreze soothes Sue for less hammering, slides/digitizer/backup remain in FL, 
SOURCE/USE of weekly hours;
Sleep   10h daily     took less    -14 h drastic lifeway change to FL now to CA has stressful implementation, 
Health     took more    +1 hours once gym/scooter, 38w jeans holding, did stress study 2 suicide emails,
As-set maintenance    more    +22 h with CA time short difficult Fit lighter replacement took focus,
Visits (sociality)     took less      -9 h focus was forced to Harv’s return to Florida lifeway,
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