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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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GROWING A STRONGER SOCIAL CIRCLE

Improve your social circle by leaving it all behind? Noooo.

That leaves too many unanswered questions.

Improve it by dropping out, focusing on making a bigger difference to yourself, and the questions answer themselves when you start looking different than you used to.

Instead of hearing ‘what happened to you’ it will be ‘I know what you’ve been up to.’

It happens once you get started on the ripped and shredded part of baby boomer life.

TIME WAS ON YOUR SIDE? WHAT HAPPENED

Time is on your side until that thing happens and the clock speeds up.

What thing?

You look in the mirror and see something different.

People stop saying, “Why, you don’t look your age.”

Or, you can’t do what used be easy.

But there’s more:

Beat The Pain Game, Then The Withdrawal Game. One of the regulars came in today, though not on his cherried out Harley. Wet and cold is no way to ride a hog if you don’t have to. Said he’d been out a couple of weeks for shoulder surgery. Five places on his shoulder got opened […]

HPV16 VACCINE IN CONSUMER REPORTS

The HPV16 vaccine article in Consumer Reports pushes hot buttons across the board. It’s easy to understand why. I’m a father of two, but it’s more than that. Too many parents are overwhelmed with the joy of their own reproductive skills and the bundle of joy as a result. I know I was. […]

P16 THROAT CANCER MAKES TONGUES WAG AROUND THE WORLD

It’s taboo, too personal, off limits. I heard about P16 Cancer the hard way: I got it. How does it get you? It’s taboo, too personal, off limits.

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MEMOIR BLOGGER TALKS TO WRITER, GETS LOST

What’s the difference between successful books and the others? Books that get read and those that just get bought? Empathy. Do you feel it? Does the writer make you feel it? Empathy and suspense, enough suspense to turn the page. I met a writer, which is who I’d expect meet in a writers […]

PARADE MAGAZINE FOR BOOMERS?

Sunday’s issue of Parade Magazine is full of gift ideas. Boomers, just look at ads instead. You open the Sunday Oregonian, or the big newspaper in your city, and the cover features ‘the hottest stuff to give and get.’ How hot? Scarves, socks, hats that will keep you warm in the chilly winter. But those […]

BOOMERS FIND A WAY, NOT FADE AWAY

Boomers find a way, not fade away, in the time they share. How do you stay relevant or become relevant in something new? Too often baby boomers use the ‘invisible’ excuse as in, “I know I’m invisible because I remember when I wasn’t.” If that doesn’t ring a bell for you, give it a few […]

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DESERT RAIN

A poem in desert rain. Desert Rain From ice to sand the flight landed in coulds so thick the rain sounded like dirt shoveled against a window with a big shovel. All of my sun clothes stay packed until the missing weatherman crawls out of his hole and changes desert rains to dry desert plains

MILITARY PARADE IN ELEVEN ARMY MEDIC VETERAN STEPS

1. Join the service and serve the agreed upon time. USMC, USN, USA, USAF, etc. 2. Go to boot camp. If it’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done the rest of your life, you’re not trying hard enough. 3. Go to school and get qualified to do a military job. […]

HAWTHORNE GOLD, PORTLAND BLUES, THE QUEEN

At just the right time of day the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland Oregon gives up the goods. Panning for gold? Here it is during the Golden Hour. You can’t take it home, or invest, but you can put it away in case you need something extra. And who doesn’t need something extra now and then? […]

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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.

Improve your social circle by leaving it all behind? Noooo.

That leaves too many unanswered questions.

Improve it by dropping out, focusing on making a bigger difference to yourself, and the questions answer themselves when you start looking different than you used to.

Instead of hearing ‘what happened to you’ it will be ‘I know what you’ve been up to.’

It happens once you get started on the ripped and shredded part of baby boomer life.

Time is on your side until that thing happens and the clock speeds up.

What thing?

You look in the mirror and see something different.

People stop saying, “Why, you don’t look your age.”

Or, you can’t do what used be easy.

But there’s more:

toughen up

boomer years

buckle up

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