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BABY BOOMERS: OLDER SIBLINGS OF THE WORLD

November 29, 2014 by

When Big Brother Is A Good Thing. In a large sense baby boomers have become the big brother of the world. Boomers young (50) and old (68) have caught plenty of heat over the years, but their influence is everywhere. Save the earth? Peace? Equality? Women’s rights? Gay rights? In such a huge demographic, baby […]

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THEY’RE HERS AND SHE KEPT THEM

November 21, 2014 by

Laura Ross-Paul launched a book in downtown Portland last night, not just any book. In an event at the Froelick Gallery she read a passage from “THEY’RE MINE AND I’M KEEPING THEM, How freezing my breast saved my breast.” This was a woman in victory after the hard work of fighting breast cancer. It was […]

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RON BOHART AND THE MAJESTY OF KITES

November 11, 2014 by

The Kite As Canvas, The Sky As Studio. Say the word kite and what image comes to mind? Add paper, wood, and string in the right measure and you’ve got a kite. Or do you? More than a hobby, or something for a nice day, the kite carries as much history as you can tie […]

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BRITTANY MAYNARD’S GRAND CANYON

October 28, 2014 by

The Perfect Choice For Her Bucket List, For Every Bucket List. An easy step into history. Layers of ridges, impossible depths.

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JOHN KITZHABER: OREGON BABY BOOMER GOVERNOR

October 23, 2014 by

Boomerpdx is a non-affilliated blog giving a baby boomer perspective to Portland, Oregon, and beyond. If it had a mission statement it would read like the Bible: Treat others as you would like to be treated. No one goes wrong with the Golden Rule. From a political point of view, especially in an election year, […]

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THE ZAC BROWN BAND PLAYS TO BABY BOOMERS?

September 30, 2014 by

Head to a country music concert and what do you get? A Boomer Field Report: It was a Sunday, warmer than most for the time of year in the top left corner of America. The locals weren’t fooled. It was long pants weather, but felt like shorts. The headliner at the Sleep Country Amphitheater in Ridgefield, […]

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BABY BOOMER LIFE COACH: CHIP KELLY

August 18, 2014 by

Eat Right And Get Enough Sleep? Kelly Would Have Said The Same To Rocky. Does it get any easier than this? Don’t load up your plate three times at dinner and drop into a food coma in front of the television. You don’t need a coach to tell you that. Or do you? Be a […]

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MRS. DOUBTFIRE IN THE HOUSE

August 12, 2014 by

Robin Williams Lives In Every Boomer, so does Mrs. Doubtfire. I met my mother in law before Mrs. Doubtfire came out in 1993, but the shock of them being the same person never left. Robin Williams could have studied his part with her help. She’s from England, has a domestic science degree, and taught what […]

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METH: THE MESSAGE, THE MESSENGER, AND FITNESS

July 20, 2014 by

Breaking Bad Goes Good? What’s the first thing to consider when you meet someone in tremendous shape? Good diet and workout? Steroids? Human growth hormones? Meth? That last one is a sticker. Who says meth is a health supplement? Any hands? No? Ok, meth is not a fitness supplement. Meth is a soul robbing drug […]

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STEPHEN GASKIN: THE HIPPIE KING EXITS FARM

July 3, 2014 by

Believe in something or someone enough and you’ll follow them to the ends of the earth. Those following Stephen Gaskin to the ends of the earth found it in Tennessee. Gaskin’s death at age 79 explains much about the counter-culture of the Sixties in general and hippies in particular. A mobile society means moving away […]

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