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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.

2019 July 28 bucket for week 30

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2019 July 28 bucket for week 30 
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a    YOUTHFUL SPIRIT    scribbles a    LIFEWAY    in its 81st year 
a million words, 70 thousand photos, longing less via THE  NOW a1804 tome entrance, a1783 notes
DocHarvOtto@me.com  --  http://happyharvotto.blogspot.com a1815  --  HarvOtto.us domain 
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:Health:  Rest as much as needed.  Continue acetaminophen for core discomfort from walk and even sit.
30 - Ability to walk returns after much rest with stuffing removed from pillow. Greater walk ability progresses.
30 - with Bob’s aid, survived two potential pass outs in the heat although it was early morning.
30 - to PCP for annual Medicare physical and Tdap vaccination by way of shower.  
30 - familiarized with Medicines Therapy Management.who said they had time to analyze OTC medications.
30 - week is heading to end with ever better back strength, reason remains mysterious except for much rest.
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:RIM (Residence In Motion):  Function operation faces failing back mobility.
30 - reviewed Honda manual for coil info. Ended www study of stutter ill causes. Purchased/installed coils.
30 - Harv able to easily justify car-life to PCP at annual physical. PCP projected another 20 years.
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:California household:  Look forward to visiting Harv’s tricycle for InOut. 
30 - txt happiness article to Susan.
30 - searched and found happiness podcast for Susan from Papa 
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:Niceties:  Real Florida shade/air RIM. Rest #1 task with search for back pain relief.
30 - watched the Curiosity Stream videos, mathematical representation of the universe.  

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2019 July 21 bucket for week 29

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2019 July 21 bucket for week 29 
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a    YOUTHFUL SPIRIT    scribbles a    LIFEWAY    in its 81st year 
a million words, 70 thousand photos, longing less via THE  NOW a1804 tome entrance, a1783 notes
DocHarvOtto@me.com  --  http://happyharvotto.blogspot.com a1815  --  HarvOtto.us domain 
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:Health:  Rest as much as needed.  Continue acetaminophen for core discomfort from walk and even sit.
29 - forgot several pill replenishments makes the 6-day sort more complex. Wean off clonidine this week.
29 - profuse nose run, assume it’s allergy time in Florida. Backache turns to a generalized core discomfort.
29 - backache relents but clonidine wean has some weird associations: alert, stomach upset, more dizzy, …
29 - backache chronic again but able to walk without cane.  Core probably inflamed, took an acetaminophen.
29 - backache challenged Harv’s ability to walk. Breakfast milk gives way to protein mix.  Shaving calories.
29 - perhaps flat-sleep bottom pillow glued on passenger seat back was counter comfort thus causing back pain?
29 - acetaminophen every three hours cleared by PharmD as max.
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:Niceties:  Real Florida shade/air RIM. Rest #1 task with search for back pain relief.
29 - patronized Bill the bum with another McD double fish sandwich meal..
29 - watched the Project Bluebook videos.  
29 - shared government history of the century with Susan txt.  Susan’s new life = Sascha/Greg v Cheyne/Keith
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:RIM (Residence In Motion):  Function operation faces failing back mobility.
29 - began study of rough idle Fit engine maintenance needed.  Florida garage challenge.
29 - will probably install new ignition coil as soon as back pain permits.  RIM flat-sleep turns restless.
29 - stuffing removed and saved from bottom pillow to test if caused back pain. Vac/table light connected for use.
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:California household:  Look forward to visiting Harv’s tricycle for InOut. 
29 - avoided political discussion with Susan/Greg.  Emphasized civics principle to help her develop “new life.”

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2019 July 14 bucket for week 28

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2019 July 14 bucket for week 28 
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a    YOUTHFUL SPIRIT    scribbles a    LIFEWAY    in its 81st year 
a million words,   70 thousand photos,   longing less       via       THE  NOW      a1804 tome entrance
DocHarvOtto@me.com  --  http://happyharvotto.blogspot.com  --  HarvOtto.us domain 
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:Niceties:  Real Florida shade/air RIM. Rest #1, many days no time for satisfice bits= good health/happiness.
28 - partial/full Safari quit observed. Assumed it was security software doings. Could have been memory loss.
28 - will pop for Bob’s lunch for his birthday. Shower/hair cut top priority all week with back debilitation.
28 - funded Lance’s presents activity. Susan phone call err response quelled, codependence weaned.
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:RIM (Residence In Motion):  Formalize operation apart from Florida, that is, by function.
28 - another tweak of flat-sleep — removed/discarded back seat (passenger side already gone) at back pain cost.
28 - actions for flat-sleep setup from within RIM determined for side sleep L&R. Studied submariner psychology.
28 - just-in-time, spent hours in steady hard rain working flat-sleep naps alternated with seat-upright work.
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:Health:  Rest as much as needed.  Caffeine return quells substantial dizziness increase and excessive rest.
28 - recover back w/acetaminophen (8) from back seat removal and gymnastics from flat-sleep debug,
28 - missed 1 of 6 evening pill sets, last week maybe two or three. PCP visit starts with worn-back bone-scan report.
28 - txt quiz Sue of abnormal lab results for PCP visit Friday. A/C now controlled without seat adjust from outside.
28 - head/body haircut and shower went smooth, remember to charge clippers.
28 - PCP did not want bone-scan for records, nixed clonidine with wean next week, Tdap shot billing complexities.
28 - death watch moved out to four-months. 
28 - a mile walk caused a back pain flair feels like core inflammation, stool ok. PCP feels one iron pill sufficient.

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2019 July 07 bucket for week 27

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2019 July 07 bucket for week 27 
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a    YOUTHFUL SPIRIT    scribbles a    LIFEWAY    in its 81st year 
a million words,   70 thousand photos,   longing less       via       THE  NOW      a1804 tome entrance
DocHarvOtto@me.com  --  http://happyharvotto.blogspot.com  --  HarvOtto.us domain 
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:Niceties:  Real Florida shade/air RIM. Rest #1, many days no time for satisfice bits= good health/happiness.
27 - buy tools/supplies to add elastic organization aids in new Air/restaurant case. Many small bottles SUCCESS!
27 - Elder Self Care ESC resurfaces as a central spine of lifeway development. Challenge is for tome integration.
27 - Robert is Harv’s mailbox connection — a friend if aid is needed (a tether). Susan/Lance/etc are txt tethers.
27 - organizations: CHCflorida since 2000, gym/Medicare Advantage, McD, COA has been discovered. Visit.
27 - in a1805 rational and understanding, Harv lets the political fray be, moving on to bits of nicety, health, happiness.
27 - some improvement in using the Scrivener writing system so that Harv’s tome becomes more useful.
27 - McD wifi down for iPhone backup. Call Chris for education on how to remember….  iPhone backed up.
27 - added to water bottle refills a stick of lemonade powder to kill the off-taste of warm water.
27 - scribbled closure of task to choose rent location in Florida, stay with RIM for now. 
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:Health:  Rest as much as needed.  Caffeine return quells substantial dizziness increase and excessive rest.
27 - returned to sporadic protein shake 200c to test dial-back to less dizzy condition months ago.
27 - began to refresh prep action for next PCP visit.   Fifteen hour ‘flat sleep’ came with back complaints.
27 - last refill of ? from different manufacturer ruled out as the source of dizziness. (Now relieved by caffeine return.)
27 - cane use returns after 15 hour ‘flat sleep’ for Apopka blood draw.   Silva is the COA Volusia office.
27 - visited https://www.coavolusia.org/our-services/index w/Respite only for Alzheimer’s and guardianship put off. 
27 - Senior Housing search ended at the DeLand Housing Authority but Harv can’t answer why any location.
27 - blood draw for next week’s PCP visit.  Discomfort of 15 hours trapped in flat-sleep configuration causing cane use.
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:California household:  Look forward to visiting Harv’s tricycle for InOut. 
27 - elevate txt to the “new-life Susan beyond the Cheyne grief-life.” High-points of the new come forward? None.
27 - closed Harv comment on depression Stephen book which no read is ok but joy bit actualization avoids depression.
27 - checked with “wisdom” Chris.   At eviction he saw Marco-life fit.   Again, why any location?  No car, other babble.
27 - via txt Susan seems ok but cannot transit from Cheyne grief to a renewed life.   Offered to visit but she will go solo.
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:RIM (Residence In Motion):  Formalize operation apart from Florida, that is, by function.   
27 - the RIM supports: unlimited www, trouble free finances/maintenance, the MacBook Air, org connections……
27 - bolster sagging flat-sleep driver’s seat back and try to wire driver seat adjustment ‘open’ to bypass cable break.
27 - glued patio cushions, loosen in one spot leaving a tweak challenge as their use continues (there was pleasant sleep.)
27 - in flat-sleep configuration does not allow car start or easy windows!   Back to the drawing board! See tome a1805.

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