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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 — 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 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 farming work. Harv was left to his own devices in getting on in his ME-SELF life, yet they 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, 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.

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.

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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 SELF expression and publish 🤪 year 87 established RETIREMENT Tx 😉 year 88 📖 🚆🧑‍🦼‍➡️🚶 On 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 to 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 IF 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. Most recent of Harv’s health numbers — psychologically rich ☺️, eyes 20/40 20/200👁️💉, PCP ✅126/74/66/6.7⬆️Rybelsus pill, 274#⬇️

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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.

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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.

2022 February 06 bucket #2 for week 07 —  nephrologist fog, walks w/o walker, chronic back pain better cause unknown, 

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Health routine:  awareness (wholesomeness), immune rest-gym-diet, LOFt, wellness a1767 a1806, avoid overreach, use drip pad and spat clean routine, pill sort, COA weekday lunches, two dump tries daily, 

07 - nose drips really (zyrtec nix), tell PCP itch 1% hydrocortisone / slight lower leg cramp alerts Joyce following,  

07 - tele health 1% diclofenac gel flu shot evidence to DeRiggs D3 x2 anti itch cream “patient education” diet help,

07 - nephrology diet urology fog (urine backup into kidneys, loosened sodium/potassium self restrictions v blood content),  

07 - integrate electric scooter topical Rx with exercise (walk) need, several diet iterations (hospital dietitian Moorjani fog), 

07 - renal diet loosened from false restrictions v lab work, overnight pee 9+8+12+7=36ozM, no zyrtec no Panto. antacid,

07 - whole day pee 14+10+13+11=48ozT, chronic back pain relents with faster WM pace D3 restarted no gel yet, 

07 - gym Nick/Wayne advise both walk/strength, doctor visits afterthoughts resolved, 12+5+3+12+7+8+6+2=55ozW

07 - with pain relented walked half mile without walker, study gym exercise that feels good not work, scale # at COA, 

07 - sent tele health consent, 12+9+10+7+9+1+9=57ozR, CKD life expectancy notified Susan/Bob, eye clarity surprise,

07 - scheduled death in life-flow blog, walked full mile am/pm sleep immediately after supper, eye drops this week, 

07 - renal educator progress, 13+12+1+12+12+5=55ozF, reviewed renal responsibilities with blog page, 

07 - more RIM idle for air quality, many cold nights 38F, 9+5+5+8+9=36ozA drink even soda, 

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Niceties routine:  smile, sweet dreams, study -www- -slides- -papers- awareness (BBC NPR NYT WaPo CNN), smerconish.com, self/RIM declutter, melodic, J-L-F v s-h-f choice, family calls challenge, emotions stable, intellect active, Air4 surf/write/stream (connects to television of youth), sound/light shows (storms), COA lunches, gym/COA water, 

07 - almost gym super shower lucky by BenF, drafted doubt noun/verb added to functional and freeing blog intro, 

07 - COA curiosity as to tough-love treatment, Lance catching MLB juveniles, Bonnie’s book…, downloads cleanup, 

07 - trash Spotify, $7 spark plug return lost, gliding into new normal coming after new doctors input, more papers glean, 

07 - guest at homeowners’ breakfast, Bonnie smile greets her daughter at COA pickup, more RIM idle gives added comfort,

07 - updated blog profile, deleted Netflix app, first laundry of year, DeLand Panda open, 

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As-set Residence In Motion (RIM) routine:  spiff, OSs, self/RIM LOFt, future RIM in 90s expectancy, minimalism, 

07 - no room in RIM for electric bicycle therefore electric scooter [default to walker] even for cruise / walk exercise, 

07 - CA tricycle optimum, BI-100 shipped, mysterious ‘leak’ unto sleep bar no trunk moisture, WD My Passport mystery, 

07 - spiffed passenger floor, DeLand laundry not, checked return credits, 110v stabilizes including overnight heat pad,

07 - BI-100 arrives UPS, 


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