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WORKING WITH ART WORKS TO HELP DAVID HOCKNEY WORK BETTER

‘Meet me at the art museum’ is a sure way to discover how art works, starting with the installation.
Don’t have time for a trip to downtown Portland?
Leave it to boomerpdx to fill in the frame.
Sometimes the art work delivers in mysterious ways.
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LIFE CYCLE: TOMATO KING 2026

The life cycle of tomatoes starts with an idea:
‘Let’s do something with the space we’ve got.’
When the space includes a side yard with lots of sun?
Plant that tomato.
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SOCCER, FOOTBALL, AMERICAN WORLD CUP, FINALLY

The American World Cup showed city after city jumping for their teams.
Not so much the American team in the finals and semi-finals, but the good teams.
Why not American soccer? What’s gone wrong to prevent the home team from becoming regulars in the Sweet Sixteen, the Elite Eight, and the Final Four?
Maybe it’s the branding since college basketball has taken all the cool names.
Maybe it’s that American football is more about passing and running than kicking?
I’ve figured out the problem, and solution.
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THROWBACK BEACH RUN TO SEASIDE

Growing up in a coastal town took the drama out of any beach run.
North Bend was surrounded by Coos Bay with a high tide creeping on Virginia Avenue and sometimes giving 101 a good rinse.
With beaches to the north, south, and west, it was easy to find the right one.
Going to the beach wasn’t so much a plan as it was a possible destination a half hour away from town.
Then we grew up and things got more complicated.
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THE ‘HISTORY ANGLE’ TO CONFUSE CITIZENS: IT DIDN’T HAPPEN

The ‘history angle’ is not so much a disguise as an omission, of leaving things out.
Traffic on boomerpdx started coming in large numbers from China and Hong Kong, so I thought of ways to include them.
Write historical posts about the events banned in their country and address historical omissions gaining ground in America?
That’s one idea.
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toughen up

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 […]

GET A JUMP START ON GLOBAL WARMING IN THE ARIZONA DESERT

The Arizona desert feels like the future of global warming. I’m not complaining about one hundred ten degree days, and neither is the cactus. But how much hotter would it get if global warming trends continue? Check the temps next week. The weather news calls for potential records. My home turf in Oregon gets record […]

CANCER TECHNOLOGY TO THE RESCUE

How far has cancer technology come? The machine in the picture delivers radiation therapy, radio therapy, prescribed by radiation oncologists. It looks like it belongs on the wing of a jet. Standing about six feet tall, five feet deep, it hooks into the patient related gear in the treatment room. I used to show up […]

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boomer years

PORTLAND MILLENNIAL PATIENCE IMPROVES

They want it all, and they want it now, but Portland millennial patience stays strong. The best of the best? Remember what that looked like, or sounded like? Experience, knowledge, and training used to guide American through it’s darkest nights. Once we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Shine that light. Baby boomers’ moms […]

GOOD ENOUGH YET?

When ‘getting over it’ isn’t good enough. It all sounds the same. Get over it. Move on. Turn the page. Maybe you say it to yourself, maybe you hear it from others. If it’s others giving the push, you know what they’re really saying? You’re a whiner. In blogger land it’s whining about SEO, traffic, […]

OREGON BABY BOOMER GRAY STREAK

Oregon baby boomer hopes for more in the home state. In Oregon it’s more blue sky and sunshine. More days of unexpected kindness. More reasons to trust. When it feels like your state, not just a current address, you need more goodness just to break even. And that’s if you’re lucky. Live in Oregon long […]

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buckle up

Travel Education Fatigue Makes Well Rounded Snob

  The first time I heard an acquaintance talk about travel education I was impressed as hell. They made me want to do it, to go where they’d been. Then I heard it again, and again. And again. Has this happened to you, travel education fatigue? You need to fight through it.

GREEN CORNER OF MIDDLE EASTERN MESA

    “Green Corner is off Southern and Alma School. I’ve been there,” I said, flooring the rental car through the round-about on Bass Pro Drive.   “So you know the way? I should stop looking at the GPS?” she said. “Fast corner.”   I’d been there five months ago with DD. Alma School was […]

PORTLAND CHRISTMAS SEIZURE

Nothing says Portland Christmas louder than the Pioneer Square Christmas tree. And it’s better to catch up on the view sooner than later. Once December 1 hits it feels like a race to the 25th to get everything in. Make sure you have a big Portland Christmas by seeing the biggest tree all lit up. […]

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