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Jun 9

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I Want to Live in a 1940s Detective Movie

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I watch classic noir movies on Kanopy, a video streaming service offered by my local library. Watching movies on Kanopy has convinced me I was born in the wrong genre.

I came of age at the time of The Graduate and Woodstock. I should have been born into the days of The Maltese Falcon and This Gun for Hire.

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Orrin Onken

Orrin Onken

I am a retired elder law attorney who lives near Portland, Oregon. I write legal mysteries for Salish Ponds Press and articles about being old.

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