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BASHING CIVIL DISCOURSE TO NEW HEIGHTS

How often do you catch yourself in civil discourse and regret what you’ve said?

It usually goes something like, ‘this would have been better if I had just stayed on topic.’

That’s the polite self-talk. The other?

Not so polite.

CUVÉE MOTHER’S DAY WITH CHEF GILBERT HENRY AND COMPANY

Mother’s Day grows more importance when it’s part of a masterplan.

Add a road trip with a restaurant at the end and it edges toward epic.

It goes without saying that any two lane drive through rural Washington and Yamhill County is enough to make you want to sell everything and move into a dilapidated barn in the country, it also shows what pulled pioneers out of the midwest.

A forty minute trip does all that before you walk into Chef Henry’s realm of Cuvée in Carlton.

SHARING SPECIAL DAYS, EVERY LAST ONE

Special days have special meaning which don’t hit the same for everyone.

For some it’s repeating, “Why bother,” for the fortieth time.

Others like to say, “I thought we’ve moved past all that.”

But you still find those looking for something special in every day, and keep looking until they find it. Hell or high water.

The last line is the bell ringer.

Baby boomer numbers scare non-boomers. Most of the numbers you hear sound like this: 79 Million Baby Boomers in America. 10,000 Baby Boomers retire every day. Those are the frightening numbers. Number matter, but one of the most important is one hundred eleven, the old 111. But what does it mean? It’s a natural number. A […]

Too Expensive For Boomer Exercise? Probably Not

Breaking Down The Numbers (approximate values) What to do about rising co-pays, premiums, and fees from the insurance and medical billing? First, make an appointment with a Naturopathic Doctor for a baseline health analysis. Find an ND you like. Here’s mine. Then find a gym.

STEP UP TO THE JUICE BAR, BOOMER

Have One On The House. Doing a juice fast usually means one thing: lots of juice. Finishing a juice fast usually means one thing, too: no more juice. Neither is true. I just finished eight days of adapted juice fasting. Instead of going hardcore juicer, I adapted to a restricted calorie, limited choice diet, to […]

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HOW TO un-GAY A 60’s TEEN BOOMER

Who Thinks You Can un-Gay Anyone? Parents? My uncle grew from an awkward teen boomer to become an inspirational gay man. I could say inspirational man, but he’s more proud of being a gay inspiration. He’s lived life his way on no uncertain terms: Accept gay or go away. But that’s not how it started […]

Singing Through The Christmas Noise

Once the commercial side dies down, you still have to get home. Did you have a party? We organized singing. It lasted one Christmas carol. Someone misunderstood the rules of Karaoke. You need music with scrolling words, not scrolling words with guitar chords and no guitar. I don’t remember the song, but one Christmas spirited young […]

IF MILLENNIALS SUCK, WHO ELSE SUCKS

A recent poll questions whether millennials suck as bad as everyone else. Too many times you hear about the new ‘biggest ever’ generation in negative terms. You’d think millennials suck worse than any other generation. Baby boomers enjoy dragging the youngsters around by their arm and reminding them they suck. Millennials seem to enjoy the […]

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SUPERIOR ARIZONA AFTER APACHE TEARS SEARCH

One of the most impressive rocks I’ve knocked out of a rock wall? Apache tears. Just another rock until I held it up to the sun for my own solar eclipse. What’s going on in there? See through rocks in Superior Arizona.

NEW YORK CITY 1980: HOW TO QUIT A GREAT TOWN

New York City is easy to quit. Get on a bus, train, or plane and leave. Go ahead and be a quitter. Except moving on isn’t the same as quitting. You got promoted and the new job wasn’t in New York City? You’re significant other got promoted and their new job wasn’t […]

NYC SUBWAY CHRISTMAS FAIL

Overheard in the mall. “One Christmas fail made me frightened to ride the subway.” I borrowed a suit from a friend, sky blue, for the office Christmas party that turned into the biggest Christmas fail. The only reason it doesn’t count is I wasn’t married or had kids or lived at home. It was me […]

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How often do you catch yourself in civil discourse and regret what you’ve said?

It usually goes something like, ‘this would have been better if I had just stayed on topic.’

That’s the polite self-talk. The other?

Not so polite.

What’s a ruby anniversary?

We’ve all heard of the silver and golden anniversaries, but ruby?

Weddings are funny things, and now so are anniversaries.

You don’t want any missteps or mistakes, so in service to all matrimonial celebrations:

Mother’s Day grows more importance when it’s part of a masterplan.

Add a road trip with a restaurant at the end and it edges toward epic.

It goes without saying that any two lane drive through rural Washington and Yamhill County is enough to make you want to sell everything and move into a dilapidated barn in the country, it also shows what pulled pioneers out of the midwest.

A forty minute trip does all that before you walk into Chef Henry’s realm of Cuvée in Carlton.

It was a cloudy, wet, day, in May 1986 for the last wedding.

Like so many raised on the Oregon coast, a cloudy, wet, day, is good luck no matter where you are.

Everything was done, everything set in Sandy, from rented morning coats to a rented preacher.

The preacher was a second choice.

Special days have special meaning which don’t hit the same for everyone.

For some it’s repeating, “Why bother,” for the fortieth time.

Others like to say, “I thought we’ve moved past all that.”

But you still find those looking for something special in every day, and keep looking until they find it. Hell or high water.

The last line is the bell ringer.

toughen up

boomer years

buckle up

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