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FLOWER CHILDREN? HECK YEAH FOR A HAPPY DAY

Heads up to all flower children: Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon are still in bloom.

If you missed the cherry blossoms, the roses in the Rose Garden in Washington Park, the iris bloom, sunflowers, and any others, this is your place.

It’s well groomed, thought out, and accessible.

No matter your age or disability, time spent here will make a happy day.

Here’s why:

FRESH AIR MAKES PEOPLE PEOPLE HUNGRY?

If you’re looking for fresh air, and who isn’t, you’ll find it in abundance at your local nursery where acres of plants release oxygen.

It may not feel, or look, like an oxygen tent, and you’re not a patient, but it does wonders.

If it’s not the air that dazzles you, it’s the colorful blossoms, then the air.

What should a baby boomer do? First, consult the Moody Blues:

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GIVING CAREGIVING SHOWS EXTRA LIFE

The biggest booster from giving caregiving? Adapted for Parkinson’s, it becomes “Hate the disease, love the relationships it builds.” It works for most every disease at every age. The idea of extra life works for all, too. Doctors treating Parkinson’s are the key relationship, but they need equally strong links to those in their patients’ lives. One link of […]

KA-BAR TO THE RESCUE AGAINST BEARS AND OTHERS

One of the benefits of being an Armed Forces veteran from the mid-70’s is the ability to relate to other veterans, to show respect for their service today. History is full of great moments of grace and dignity, pomp and circumstance, but veteran to veteran isn’t about a parade, or acknowledgement. Getting […]

BREAST CANCER: A MOTHER JONES FACEBOOK POST ASKS IF ALCOHOL IS A CAUSE. WHAT ARE OTHER CANCER CAUSES?

From motherjones.com: Susan Sontag once wrote that telling people about your cancer diagnosis tends to fill them with mortal dread. But when I’ve disclosed my illness to friends and told them that alcohol can cause breast cancer, I’ve never invoked enough mortal dread to deter anyone from ordering a second drink. Most women […]

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BOOMER ENTREPRENEUR: GOOD IDEA?

Our newspaper of record, the Oregonian/oregonlive.com, broke the boomer news. Baby Boomers too young to retire and too old to hire embrace what they’ve always embraced: Themselves. Can’t believe it? The book ‘I’M OK, YOU’RE OK’ started out with a working title of ‘I’M OK, I’M OK, I’M STILL OK, OK?’ The ME GENERATION reminds […]

FATHERS DAY MILLENNIALS LEARN THE ROPES FROM OLD DADS

Fathers Day millennials start with a walk in the forest. The Oregon Forest. Dark, green, and deep. The ‘find a park’ map is dotted nearly solid around here. This forest stuff is all over the place. But it is Oregon, you expect trees. What you also expect is no snakes, bugs, bats, or wild animals […]

ANGRY AMERICA? BBC SAYS YES

The BBC knows why you live in angry America. And angry Oregon. Research shows an angry America. Is it true? Yes, according to BBC research that includes all the big names in poll sampling. A CNN/ORC poll. Be angry the results are posted on a twenty nine page pdf file for clickability. NBC/Wall Street Journal […]

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MOUNT RAINIER CALLS JOHN MUIR, ME, AND YOU TOO

“The mountains are calling and I must go,” said John Muir. If go you must, then go prepared. Most important is going with the right people. Or person. It’s not a marriage, but there are some similarities with a good travel partner. Can you take it if they make fun of your driving? Make […]

PORTLAND SUCKS? TELL US MORE ABOUT THOSE FEELINGS

Say Portland sucks and you might be right, but why ruin it for the rest of us. If Portland sucks for you, that may be just the tip of your iceberg. Blame the city for what? Your attitude, your entitlement, your butt-hurt life? Why not? You don’t know what you want and it bugs […]

TRAVEL ENGLAND WITH FOREVER YOUNG MILLENNIALS

Aging in travel England Some moments remain frozen in time for better or worse. Remember when you missed middle school graduation and summer football workouts? Your parents decided to drag you around England instead. And your life was ruined. That last thing you wanted to do was be a show pony for your folks. […]

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It’s best to have a full moon and rock and roll playing during a lunar eclipse.

These ladies are showing the back catalogue.

Which one’s pink? I don’t know, but I see the dark side of the moon.

Music and celestial events go hand in hand, like Pink Floyd during a Pink Moon.

The dark moon hit my eye last night in Portland, Oregon.

Tucked away on the 14th floor near the Willamette River with friends and drinks, I interrupted everything for a special announcement:

It looked huge, this moonrise, and kept getting bigger and more interesting.

What’s not to like about a big moon breaking through the clouds?

Except it wasn’t the clouds. What the heck was going on out there?

Heads up to all flower children: Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon are still in bloom.

If you missed the cherry blossoms, the roses in the Rose Garden in Washington Park, the iris bloom, sunflowers, and any others, this is your place.

It’s well groomed, thought out, and accessible.

No matter your age or disability, time spent here will make a happy day.

Here’s why:

If you’re looking for fresh air, and who isn’t, you’ll find it in abundance at your local nursery where acres of plants release oxygen.

It may not feel, or look, like an oxygen tent, and you’re not a patient, but it does wonders.

If it’s not the air that dazzles you, it’s the colorful blossoms, then the air.

What should a baby boomer do? First, consult the Moody Blues:

Decision makers have one job: make the right decision.

Then another and another and another all day long.

It’s not for everybody, but everybody does it.

Making no decision is a decision?

Yes, but someone else will decide for you if it’s important enough.

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