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WRITE FOR BETTER OR WORSE, RICHER OR POORER

Write for better because who doesn’t want to be better, hope for better, strive for better.
A better you is good for everyone else.
The better you doesn’t fly off the handle at every setback, spin out at every turn in the road, or quit when the going gets tough.
The best you handles diversity with calm and coolness, but you’re not there yet?
Shocking news reveals no one else is either.
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BOOMERPDX BLOG APPRECIATION SUNDAY

On this blog appreciation Sunday I high five Thomas Wolfe for good luck.
Again.
The wife and I found him at home in Asheville, North Carolina.
We parked the car, got something out of the trunk, and spent a few hours in the museum and the Old Kentucky Home around the block.
We came back to find the trunk of the rental car open with nothing missing.
I forgot to close it? Inconceivable, but with nothing miss . . . ?
I remember it as Thomas Wolfe Appreciation Day.
With that in mind, I thank my readers and subscribers for their attention to boomerpdx.
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BOOK POWER TO BRAIN POWER

We were talking about books the other day, talking about book power, in our little salon.
You know it’s a salon when the other people have thousands of books in their home after a downsize.
How do you downsize a book collection?
Don’t ask me, I just make another bookcase, but there comes a time.
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PORTLAND RECHARGE PRIMER

Walk down Broadway and you can feel the Portland pulse, the Portland recharge, which is no surprise when you see the volcano map.
But, more than that, the city feels primed for a renaissance, a Portland Renaissance.
And that means an Oregon Renaissancea?

 

. . . new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or music

 

Start by turning left here and going down Broadway toward Burnside.

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JOIN OREGON HISTORY FOR THE PEOPLE

Oregon history is full of familiar names and places we remember from Mrs. Kraus’ third grade class.
Statues around the state show them as they were.
Their exploits are logged in libraries and museums.
The Oregon Historical Society at 1200 SW Park, Portland Oregon is both museum and library.
That’s a 2 for 1 if you’re keeping score.
Yes, it’s open to the public, but if you join you’d be a part of yesterday’s Summer Membership Celebration where history was on display inside and out.

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Caregiving For The Baby Boomer Spouse

3 Ways To Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way. Who can name the ‘Do Your Own Thing’ generation? How about the ‘March To The Beat Of A Different Drummer’ generation? Or the ‘If You Love Something Set It Free’ generation? The ‘Me’ generation? The one with ‘Radicals And Freaks?’ On a blog called […]

GET A LIFE, THEY SAY. WHAT DO YOU SAY AFTER THAT?

“Get a life” isn’t the worst thing you’ll ever hear. Don’t make it worse. Get a life translation: What ever you’re doing is either wrong time, wrong place, or just plain wrong. Get and new life and make better decisions? Is that the idea? Before you transform yourself into someone you don’t know, don’t want […]

10 BOOMER HEALTH NOTICES

What To Know, What To Ignore For Boomer Health. 1. You weigh too much. Extra weight stresses your knees and hips, your ankles and heart. Too much weight is a golden ticket for Type 2 Diabetes. Why not go away and mind your own business? 2. You’re too thin. Thin people have a greater threat […]

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SOCIOPATH GENERATION GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION?

    Does an entire sociopath generation give a hoot about being called a sociopath generation?   Not when it comes from some GenX hack selling his new book.   I mean that in the nicest way, but sometimes it gets tiring hearing outsiders rag the home team, even if it fits the program of […]

Way Back When Turning Thirty Was Old Age

    I asked a fifty year old man what turning thirty really meant. I was twenty nine at the time.   He said, “It’s easier wearing a shirt and tie without feeling like a fraud.”   Fraud? That’s it? Shirt and tie?   Way back when turning thirty was old age I asked old […]

Millennial History Break: WWII-era

    It’s been a long time since history delivered WWII. A long time to learn what happened, too.   But not all are interested in the lessons of WWII, particularly the death camps where those deemed undesirable by the German authorities were warehoused until further notice.   Further notice was death for six million […]

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THE KING OF NEW YORK CITY, 1975

Stoner nation rolled in the muddy Woodstock slip and slide in upstate New York. Five years later they took a shower, got a haircut, and danced the disco. Top New York City discos needed the right people managing the door and lines that grew down the sidewalk most weekends. Full of Queens, Brooklyn, and Jersey […]

HOW TO INTERACT WITH RAJNEESH CULT MEMBERS ON PORTLAND STREETS

    Most days after work in the 80’s I walked the same way to my NW Portland apartment. The path took me past a place called the Martha Washington on SW 11th. I walked the same way so I could talk to an interesting woman from the museum.   Note to remember: All museum […]

DESTINATION PORTLAND

Once you move out, the city becomes a backdrop for Destination Portland. Oregonlive posted the story 9 Legit Reasons To Leave Portland For The Suburbs. Like millions of stories to stay in the Rose City, there’s just as many for leaving. The more questions you ask people about leaving Portland, the more you realize no […]

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