No longer sucked in by wacky renters of the 2008 economy blow out of the Bush regime, Clancy landed a five "R" big fish - reliable, responsible, realistic, who regularly provides recompense. As a result Clancy Rohring has begun to "get a life." This is a quirky sequel to her The Quirky Landlord to reveal her search for meaning in the vital felony flats, her beloved east Portland, Oregon; haunts of hopeful but indomitable immigrants, working poor, the disabled, and those weeping expressions for their extra odd. Mortgage owners, now fewer in number, than in the 1930s, have refinanced at less than 4.3% interest, but increase rents up to 500%. Low wages versus high rents gel like oil and water. Half her life she avoids confrontation by escaping difficult situations. She just finds another job. Finally, she stands her ground, is punished for it, but not defeated. A few special persons are deep in Clancy's heart so the everyday becomes merely research. Ready to do battle, she puts if off due to a belief in the need for infusion of additional information, to tackle the world's problems. So she hesitated - waits for her impatience to catch up. She asks, "Does my God fight the same battles?" What's important to her reinforces her will to sing with full voice. She does so in these pages: romping, wrangling, laughing, and crying at the simple complex of humanity, the first and last order of business. The book is divided into seven parts. Their headings include: My Motif - Clancy's explanation of her raison d'etre - her reason for being - the why of the book. Part One - Fragments of the Now includes seven chapters describing persons and events that have occurred recently. Part Two - Excerpts of the Never Forgotten includes three chapters under Kickin' Butt that describes an event occurring in the 1990's on the job and three co-workers plus friends and acquaintances which made a major impact on Clancy's life and future. Part Three - A Piece of Someone Else's Life - happens in 2015 to Kalli O'Keefe and puts demands on Clancy and a friend of hers. Clancy uses Kalli's manuscripts and letters to share Kalli's story with her readers, which makes Clancy feel somewhat experimental, not of the norm but she respects Kalli's expression and trauma. Part Four - An Extra Large Portion includes eleven chapters covering Clancy Rohring's birth in Montana to her first lost love at twenty-two. Part Five - Finale Members - However Temporary - brings us back up-to-date with the wrangle and some warble of the now. Part Six - The Biggest Chunk of Me - is a letter to my seventeen year old granddaughter who by the way, March 1st, 2016, did get selected as Rose Festival Princess from her high school for the annual biggest annual city-wide celebration in June each year in Portland, Oregon. The book ends with a birthday letter in 2015 to my beloved and only child, titled Happy Fiftieth, my son. They're mostly warbles.
About the Author: Disrupted by politics in Montana, her grandparents early homesteaders, her father, a WWI veteran, and mother, a highly regarded registered nurse, seek new life in the shipyards in Portland, Oregon. Her global view is honed in Slabtown, a desirable refuge for first generation immigrants. Working her way through college on minimum wage and her widow mother's and sibling support, Clancy Rohring ventures forth loaded with a B.A. in Economic History from University of Oregon and an M.A. in Education with a minor thesis: Soviet Role in the Korean Conflict. Her stint with Pan American World Airways as a stewardess out of San Francisco reinforces her belief in abilities and capacities of anyone and everyone regardless of nationality, race, income, education, or religion. As a teacher she used to explain: "I'm interested in what you say, what you care about, rather than how you say it." That let a lot of poor slobs off the hook and convey their in-depth observations and real values, removed from undue scrutiny. Point of view became more important than grammar and format. Finally finding her stride in publications and marketing, finally newspapers, she still faithfully reads numerous local papers including The Asian Reporter, The Skanner, Clark County, WA The Columbian, The Pamplin papers, Foreign Affairs and Bloomberg Business Week, and does write letters to the editor. Active in Democratic politics she volunteers for favorite candidates for local and national offices. She's great on the phone. "Have you made a decision yet?" invariably opens up a discussion. Pan Am had such confidence in their personnel and advised, "Play it by ear." She continues to do so and provides attention to most all and every she engages with in her romps about her chosen city, Portland, Oregon. Clancy Rohring realized long ago that her best learning results from her exchange with others. She keeps her loved ones tight to her heart and private but brings gifts to them coming out of her romps and wrangles. She tries to warble, mostly for them and theirs. A vigorous, optimistic, and generous old timer who still thinks she's capable of kicking butt. Recalling a past of joy and challenge she's still looking for more of the same or something or somebody to top it.