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BUILDING HISTORICAL HEALTH WITH AN ‘EXPERIENCE’

The good doctor says ‘historical health’ is important for local and national well-being.
The downside: you may discover things are not as you think they are.
The upside: you may discover you’re better than you think.
I call it Win-Win. Why?
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DON’T TALK BACK TO WHO?

When someone says, “Don’t talk back to me,” what’s your first impulse?
Give them some back talk, or shut up.
You already know what they want.
What about you?
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ADULTISM: JUST DO IT?

Adultism: making mistakes and passing the knowledge on without admitting how you learned it.
“Mistakes? Not me. I just know things because I’m smarter than you.”
If you haven’t said those words, you’ve heard them and thought, ‘this is what smart people say?’
And we wonder why young people don’t respect their elders any more than baby boomers did in their younger days.
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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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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 […]

NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS KNOW NUTRITION FIRST

  My wife shared a joke with me. She’s a naturopathic physician, Dr. Gillaspie. It had nothing to do with the old television show with young Dr. Kildare and his colleague Dr. Gillaspie.   “Early in our practices doctors from my class would talk about what it must be like as an RD, a real […]

BOOMER SUMMER SKIN CARE

Higher Temperatures Call For Baby Boomer Summer Skin Care. Skin is a living organ. It’s stuff that continually regenerates itself. If that’s hard to believe, scratch your arm over something dark. Look, you’re exfoliating and didn’t even know it. New skin sounds pretty good, like no maintenance. Baby boomers know better. We’ve been outside in […]

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BULLIES AND BITCHES: BORN THAT WAY?

Genetics no excuse for bullies and bitches. Some time ago in the Baby Boomer fog of age, like grade school in the mid-60’s at Bangor Elementary, voted the cool school by all former Bearcats, bullies and bitches came in all shapes and sizes. Turns out the time of day also mattered for them. A kid […]

LETTING GO. HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

It’s Easy Until You Try. Portland baby boomers, Oregon baby boomers, or what the hell ALL baby boomers, know how to let go. We’ve doing it for years. Sometimes with help we don’t ask for. Think of the era boomers grew up in. Let go of the old and embrace the new. We were young […]

TEACHER ABUSE BAD FOR STUDENT BODY

  How does a seasoned school administrator lose their job by ignoring students? When they decide some student voices are more important than others.   The old saying about a squeaky wheel getting the grease may apply here, but the school official was out of lube. Now they’re out of a job, or will be […]

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MEXICO TRAVEL: PUERTO VALLARTA PERFECTION, pt1

    Where the heck is Puerto Vallarta? Find a good map book.   Look about two thousand miles south of Portland and you’re close.   West coast of Mexico below the Gulf of California.

NEW IMPORT FOR OREGON BEER FANS

Wicked Weed, Asheville, NC, for Oregon beer fans. Name a better brand for Oregon beer fans than Wicked Weed. All things considered, it’s perfect. To make it even better, Wicked Weed Brewing makes great beer, one in particular. You won’t turn into one, but Freak of Nature rises to the top of my road beer […]

ROSLYN WASHINGTON SATURDAY EVENING OASIS IN THE WOODS

    Quick reaction: What’s the first thing that comes to mind walking past a bar like this in Seattle, or Chicago, or Milwaukee? Cross the street? Hogs at the curb, chunky guys in black SECURITY shirts. It’s a scene ready for action. If you’re a stranger to such parts, you’d walk past in other […]

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