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BETTER LISTENING SKILLS FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING

If practicing better listening skills isn’t a life goal, it should be.

How hard is it to pay attention?

You did it in the classroom with the encouragement of a teacher.

I still remember Mr. Kraus singing ‘Toot toot tootsie goodbye’ when he tossed little tootsie rolls to students with the right answer in algebra.

Maybe we need more of that? Instead we get more of this:

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RETURNING REVERENCE TO IT’S RIGHTFUL PLACE

There’s a scent of reverence in the air, of returning reverence after a long pause.

It started in my doctor’s office where I’d been called to sit on a panel with others.

One of the others was Roy Pittman, one of my personal heroes.

The next time I saw the doctor he told me he was surprised at the way I acted, that I showed reverence to Coach Pittman.

If I did, I didn’t know it. What I remember is feeling awe-struck. Maybe it’s the same thing?

PORTLAND MOLE REMOVAL

You’ve heard about the importance of the right words at the right time? The following is a patient review that every professional dreams of. One day we should all be so lucky.

Miranda Dating Rights For The New Era Of Rising STD

Have you ever asked someone out on a date? Probably. Did you read them the ‘Dating Rights’ questions? Going out on a limb here with probably not. Why would you?

WHAT PEOPLE NEED AND WHAT THEY DON’T SAY

What people need is a break from their trials. An old joke goes like this: How do you catch a unique rabbit? You ‘nique up on it. How do you catch a tame rabbit? The tame way, you ‘nique up on it. It’s pretty funny if it’s the only joke of the week. More […]

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MONUMENTS MEN, THE ULTIMATE BOOMER MOVIE

In The Baby Boomer World Encompassed By Boomerpdx, Who Expected This? Waiting a few weeks to review a new movie isn’t the sort of thing that pumps box office numbers. You want to hit it on the first night, or even better score a ticket to a preview showing. Timely reviews push new movies hard, […]

HOW BABY BOOMERS PUSHED WOMEN’S HEALTH

Even in 2016 women’s health is a hot button topic? 1973, the year of de-criminalized marijuana and Roe v Wade. What could go wrong? The counter culture had been rolling for years with people moving to Haight Ashbury, joining communes, going to music festivals. More than one family saw their little girl hop into a […]

TALK WHEN THE TIME’S RIGHT, LIKE NOW

To Baby Boomers, Their Parents, And Grandparents: Talk when the time’s right. A recent read revealed the sad tale of one person wishing they had taken the time to speak to their parents more often. They wished they knew their folks better. Of course the person was a baby boomer. They had more regret than […]

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TURNING PORTLAND INTO A STOP ON THE WAY TO SEATTLE

Turning Portland skyline The First Interstate Tower and Big Pink set a future that didn’t happen. Concerned citizens got a break before turning Portland into mini-Seattle One tall building was enough, or so the thought went, but two is better? Because they’re bookends instead of standing side by side, the space between them look as […]

ABIQUA FALLS DREAMSCAPE, OREGON TREASURE

Who knew of the Abiqua Falls dreamscape? The last thing a know-it-all wants is something new, something they don’t know. It’s a problem for some, a challenge for others. A short walk to a river and waterfall? That’s what the listings say, but not if you like your car. Then it’s a longer walk, […]

LA FREEWAY OR NYC SUBWAY: WHERE WILD THINGS ROAM

The BoomerPdx Transportation Award Goes To… Ask a New York City native how they get around without a car and they’ll say they know at least three ways to get where they need to go without hailing a cab. 1. Walk. 2. Bus. 3. Subway. When a New Yorker talks about the subway they make […]

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If practicing better listening skills isn’t a life goal, it should be.

How hard is it to pay attention?

You did it in the classroom with the encouragement of a teacher.

I still remember Mr. Kraus singing ‘Toot toot tootsie goodbye’ when he tossed little tootsie rolls to students with the right answer in algebra.

Maybe we need more of that? Instead we get more of this:

There’s a scent of reverence in the air, of returning reverence after a long pause.

It started in my doctor’s office where I’d been called to sit on a panel with others.

One of the others was Roy Pittman, one of my personal heroes.

The next time I saw the doctor he told me he was surprised at the way I acted, that I showed reverence to Coach Pittman.

If I did, I didn’t know it. What I remember is feeling awe-struck. Maybe it’s the same thing?

Becoming an NBA champion is a lifelong goal for every basketball player in the world.

The best want to play the best, beat the best, to tell themselves they’re good enough.

It’s that along with contracts and money and fame.

All of that goes along the wayside when you stop playing in ninth grade like me, or in high school.

Do I blame the coaches that I didn’t become a star, a substitute, or even a benchwarmer?

Noooooo, but . . .

Clean living is an art form, and like all art it takes practice.

Yes, we’re talking about practice.

It takes practice to talk without a particular tone, without too much edge.

Do that and you may have a productive conversation.

Go ahead and save the tone and edge for people you don’t know, who don’t know you.

The news today is all about world events.

News organizations deliver it every day with the same hype and urgency.

News hounds consume every detail and load it onto the pile they carry in case someone asks them ‘what’s up?’

That’s when you brace yourself for the headlines as if they’re coming from an anchorman. Or woman.

That’s the big news story you NEED to know.

The small news, the stories that make us step back, come out another way.

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