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BODY MOVEMENT? KEEP GOING

There’s one thing you learn when you start body movement: getting in shape hurts more than expected.
So does getting out of shape.
The difference?
One goes away, one doesn’t.
Then what?

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Time beginning, the MIDDLE, and end

Where is time beginning every day? Somewhere in England.
I was there during one of my drives through the English countryside in a tiny Vauxhall with my wife and two gigantic teenagers inside.
Did they enjoy their historical moments in the olde country, their strolls along legendary paths?
Yes, they did.

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NO SATISFACTION? KEEP GOING

In the biggest moments of your life, or mine, there is often no satisfaction.
People just can’t get the story right, and it’s not that hard.
This was the biggest headline my last name ever got, and it’s missing the most important part.
But it’s spelled it right? That’s my take away?
I’ll take it.
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GOOD PARKS FOR A BETTER LIFE

I didn’t move to the suburbs for good parks, but I would have if I knew how important they are for living a better life.
The first time I took my tiny kids they weren’t impressed.
I was.
It was Cook Park in Tigard, Oregon and it was beautiful with paths and forests alongside the slow current of the Tualatin River running through Washington County.
I’m even more impressed now when my tiny kids, now grown up, take their own tiny kids who are growing up so fast.
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SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO WHO?

I’ve heard the right message all of my life:
Do this and this; don’t do that.
Sometimes the right message comes from the right place.
Other times?
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toughen up

CANCER VIEW: WEED FROM THE OTHER SIDE

My cancer view had more weed hope later than sooner with DAG approved brownies. It started with a look for an alternate route for a cure instead of chemo road.   What I found was a log of death in men who’d gone the alternate route instead of chemo, then switched to the hard stuff […]

VETERAN SOLUTIONS FOR VETERAN PROBLEMS

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of veteran problems. The biggest veteran problems come when those who served say, “I didn’t sign up for this.” What is the ‘this’ in “I didn’t sign up for this?” The ‘this’ veterans talk about is the hard part for non-veterans to understand. Even veterans of […]

CIGARETTE SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM? DON’T DO IT

    Tobacco and cigarette smoke, the stuff of dreams and nightmares.   The dream part comes first. Light a stick and enjoy. All you’ve got to do is breath in, breath out, and watch the cigarette smoke curl into shapes. Later comes the nightmare part, the regret, the tubes, the hospital smell, the faces […]

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boomer years

Bob Dylan Time Shift From Second Gear To Overdrive

    Like so many today, I also feel change in the wind, and like any baby boomer worthy of the tag, I consult the only text reliable enough to lay it all out in understandable language.   No, not the Bible, or any religious narratives.   I turn to Bob Dylan, and so should […]

Historical Debris: A Record Of Time

    Most museums have a bar they set for accepting historical debris, artifacts, one of a kind deals, and whatever an important person touched or signed.   Paul Revere silver, the last breath of Thomas Edison, the Magna Carta? No one is making any more of that stuff, so that’s a bar too high. […]

GIRLFRIEND BREAK UP AFTERMATH WITH DIRK FERGUSON

  Girlfriend break up? It’s one way to learn how to stay married later. A bad break up then makes a better husband now.   Dirk Ferguson witnessed the aftermath of a girlfriend break up that served as a guide to any break up wing man for the whole sad affair.   Play Hall and […]

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buckle up

WHY SMALL TOWN PEOPLE MATTER

    Lost in the hyper speed of modern life on a 1.4 terabit internet connection is the human pace of life. Call it small town life for small town people, but remember we’re all small town people once you peel off the layers of sophistication.   Jet setters once clamored for seats on the […]

BOOMER TRAVEL: GO IT ALONE?

The Benefits Of Single Boomer Travel Are Many, Even If You’re Married? Good reasons to travel as a couple include shared experience above all. There’s a bond that occurs between a husband and wife traveling together. Pictures and video don’t tell the story. Neither does a diary or a narrative recounting. The glee and spirit […]

BOOMERPDX ON ICE

One Man’s Chilling Journey ICE stand for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Who knew? (It also stands for an In Case of Emergency number on your cell phone, but that’s another post.) A ICE story landed on the BoomerPDX desk, a story of concern. ICE is a hard time for hard core people who need to leave […]

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