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INSULTING ENVIRONMENT CLOSES ROADS, MINDS

December 18, 2016 by

  Keep an open mind to insulting environment. Global warming, from either man-made pollution, or natural cycle of atmospheric anomalies and melting ice-caps, is still about the environment. You can’t hide from that old environment. It’s all over the place; we all share that one. And we’ll share the insulting environment after it changes. Whether […]

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PROFESSOR PUTIN WARMS UP FOR NEW PUPIL

December 17, 2016 by

  Check your class schedule for Professor Putin in the PE Department. If you’ve ever met Russians, and I have, then you know they are not all fans of Professor Putin. Like Americans, Russians live within the laws and customs of their land, and their leader. They live with their history, we live with ours. […]

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POLYFACE FARMS, POLYFACE BOOMER JOEL SALATIN

August 24, 2016 by

The grass farmer of Polyface Farms. At a certain age you give yourself clearance to review your life, your accomplishments, the mountains you’ve climbed. If you have any laurels, you rest on them, trusting the comforts of your effort won’t wear thin. When is that time? Don’t ask me, and most of all, don’t ask […]

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PORTLAND PROGRESSIVE REGRESSIVE

July 25, 2016 by

If you’re confused in 2016, you might be a Portland Progressive Regressive. Why do things look so perfect in the rear view mirror in Portland? More important, why do we keep looking? The Portland Progressive Regressive likes the good old days, but looks forward to the future. Their vision might not be 20/20, but it […]

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NEW HOMETOWN TRENDING?

July 13, 2016 by

Live one place long enough, it’s your new hometown. If you even have a hometown you ought to feel lucky. Feel lucky it’s not your ‘home floor’ or ‘home building’ or ‘home block.’ Hometown feel pretty good compared to some places. Except every hometown has the same stigmas as every city, just smaller. Which brings […]

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PUSH YOUR ENVELOPE FOR PROOF

July 12, 2016 by

Go outside the box and push your envelope. Push it real good. Too often baby boomers take the good advice of slowing down, like take time to smell the roses. It’s good advice because we’re not the proverbial spring chicken anymore, but it doesn’t mean crawl into a hole and die. When is the last […]

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GOODBYE PORTLAND IT’S BEEN FUN

June 27, 2016 by

If you leave, just say goodbye Portland. That’s all. Portland visitor’s say goodbye Portland when they leave. Maybe they’ll be back, maybe not. Saying goodbye Portland says it all. You came, you saw, you didn’t stay. If you did stay, if you decided Portland was the only place in the world for you, then you […]

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OSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: TWO DOG DAYS AWAY

March 29, 2016 by

BoomerPDX Poll: What will be the legacy of OSU Women’s Basketball after their first Final Four? If everything works out right the Beavers leave two dogs in the yard and bring the national championship to Corvallis. Only teams of Huskies from Washington and Connecticut stand in their way. Will a national title for OSU Women’s […]

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C.B. BERNARD CHASES ALASKA

November 28, 2015 by

Alaska and C.B. Bernard sing for the Last Frontier. And you. When the wild calls your name, where do you go? If you’re a writer like Cheryl Strayed you hit the Pacific Coast Trail and write a book called Wild. Not the sort of wild you have in mind? Most people understand wild as a […]

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SHARED MUSEUM DREAM

November 21, 2015 by

A museum dream from MAC’s big window. Regulars at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club walk in with the same stride they have walking into a grocery store. Just another door. But if you haven’t been a regular, as in never been inside, only seen the big window and balcony from the stadium stands, it feels like […]

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