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my i-SELF story starts here ======== 1940 — Junior, is already a FOCUSED OBSERVER as shown here — mother Connie 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 lived into her 102nd year at her retirement home — the ‘not-good-enough’ son driving cross country to visit at least yearly — until maybe 1995 when he was departing in the 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. Yet we were the culmination of generations of what Harv labels as NO-TALK❗️The years tumbled on and on with Harv’s i-SELF as hid subconscious driving force certainly NOT laced by his parochial education as a latch key kid. The best mother Connie could do in her circumstance. Harv was left tp his own devies in getting on in his life, yet they could be loosely described as a family of two. 1961 splintered off into marrtage with Elaine. Connie coping with retirement alone but fovused on a retirement home for her future.

dance combo

dance combo
mother and son danced their lives together under the auspices of life-long NO-TALK parochialism.

life view

2026 lifetime view of Harv — year 88 still a YOUTHFUL SPIRIT 😏 1960-1997 chased life partner 💒 1986-1991 college educator 🏫 year 52 retired but didn’t know it 🧐 1999-2018 chased family 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 year 86 SELF expression and publish 🤪 year 87 established RETIREMENT Tx 😉 year 88 📖 🚆🧑‍🦼‍➡️🚶

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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. Harv had his “chasing-family’ lifetime-phase — 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 stable book title has snuck out — NOT to be available soon in book stores near you.

week 38 challenge: formalize 80yo age afflictions to keep under the radar of referrals to delimit ill-health chase.

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flow weekly LIFEWAY

September w35 back re-injury, w36 dogs calm, w37 heal upbeat, w38 flyFL, w39 DDS PCP.

weeks of month LIFE HISTORY FLOW

39 -  teethProphy, PCP,  
38 -  dog-sit, fly to FL, 
37 -  dog-sit, heal upbeat,
36 -  dogs calm, heal ease,
35 -  dog-sit, back re-injury,
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80th year week 38 study of calendar reconciled 168 hour week for validity; to  mend 102/639: 
CONFIDENT CALENDAR LIFEWAY  aimed at detail pattern analysis and prompt actualization;
- aim calm to permeate all life phases, AirPods loss thru airport security was memory lapse,
HEALTHY AGING  by Mayo Clinic;
- no more aspirin, added Probiotic via PharmD, 
- suppositories quiet hemorrhoids, heat pad quiets back, 'lettuce' on outer stool disappears, initiate more BM sit,
- cut finger on fan,  
AS-SET NICETIES  support wellness; 
- went to 42waist jeans and suspenders disconnected from weight loss, enthusiasm threads to joy,
- CA bicycle with belt goes to 2019 tricycle, CA residuals closet and cabinet,
SOURCE/USE  of week’s hours;           move back into FL should result in clearer life/death operation, 
Sleep   11 h daily       took more    +5h   Florida sleep ballooned to 15h daily but sweet dreams persist,
Health   7 h daily       took more   +4hours 1.6 mile walk was break out from three month back injury,
As-set maintenance       less           -8h       checked deep cycle battery and greased door seals, need plugs,
Visits (sociality)              less           -1h packed CA and returned to FL, Robert’s free long term parking, 
  corrected financial transactions with Chris and Susan.
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Harv treats these health care issues seriously “on his own” with ‘OTC’ methods -- but they are visible for PCP interdiction.
Elder Self Care elaboration:
… in construction similar to life-phases narrative in week 37 blog.

no longevity threat but possible recurrence worry or second guessing:
lower leg compression stockings used periodically, in addition to a ‘water’ pill daily
exercise breathing 4-12 count must also be done when stifled in bed until respiration is automatic,
2018sept dizziness from numerous Rx countered by “defensive driving” of Harv’s lifeway -- hydration, acets, …
… ‘connected’ to pill consumption thrice daily, past reaction was “tired-nap” but sleep down to 10h daily from 12h,
2018week38 dropped aspirin and began probiotic reacting to FOBT false positive and general GI betterment,
mental-function-fog first awareness instance 2018week36 v daily computer use for knowledge and alertness.
2018august lower legs h2o ‘normal’ with h2o pill begun 
2018 incontinence ‘healed’ from passing kidney stones and prostate problems,
2018 passed ’white’ kidney stones CT scan showed no stones hidden in kidney,  
2017dec prostate cancer radiation ’ten year cure' checked worn out back that showed on prostate MRI CT scans,
2017summer lower leg rash steroid salve may be sun related, even if only indirect -- however, Harv is a sun person
… Everglades area ER visit post “serious fall via trip-up”
2016 head skin cancer 'removed’ “got it all” with a five inch scar, 
2005~ both big toenails broken as bicyclist flew over front corner of car and landed big toenails first
many nutritional supplements seek to afford a balanced diet but non used in mega excess

probable calm/ease longevity complications:
constipation came after prostate cancer cure and may have caused a false positive FOBT -- using p.e.glycol,
chronic sensitive worn out back 2018 CT? bone scan v appropriate waist belt use, walk, rest, heat pad, …
… stock bar coolers, pin setting, bicycle
gym midriff injury with 80# on ab machine, re-injured domestically 2018week35, …
… 2018week38U walked 1.6 miles in CA, 2018week38A in FL injury at-bay via “defensive driving,”
HTN for decades: control finally in 2017 with 5Rx
self foot maintenance without a Doctor Podiatry Medicine 2018 referral

enthusiasm is the word of 2018week38 -- carried into week39:
with a repeat of Harv’s 1990s life vision: 
“Joy-Love-Freeing for Oneself-Another-Others in the context of a longer and more productive lifetime/life time,”

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