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MARRIAGE BRIDGES GENERATIONS WHO JOIN

What’s the best way to give newly weds the sort of advice they’ll need for a future together in marriage? After the vows and rings, who is best equipped to deliver the last word in marriage? Since weddings are so hectic it all turns into a blur of fiends and family, near and far, young […]

HOW TO AVOID BAD MARRIAGES FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE

    Help millennials avoid bad marriages by following these steps   Dating mores change over the years. From meeting someone, meeting their parents and siblings, to marriage and living happily ever after, things change. You meet their parents, they meet your parents. What could go wrong? These meetings always have agendas, some hidden, some […]

A PLACE CALLED MARRIAGE? PASS THE MAP HONEY

Only a wedding cartographer knows the road to a place called marriage.   Alain de Botton wrote “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person” for the NY Times. As a married man with two kids, what does Alain’s wife make of his prediction? If he’s the wrong person, is she the right one? These are […]

MARRIAGE COUNSELING MATTERS

Who can explain a thirty year marriage. One woman? One man? Thirty years? And no one talks about it. No one wants to talk about it when Time Magazine asks if monogamy is dead. That’s part or the deal, or at least part of what I understood when I took the vow. Took the vow. […]

BOOMER MARRIAGE: INTENTIONS AND ACTION

Two Men Talk It Out Man 1: Intentions leave too much undone. If you intend to do something you might do it, you might not. Man 2: (boomerpdx reporter): Results matter? 1: That’s all that matters. Everything else is bull$hit. 2: Git ‘er done? That what you mean? 1: Either do something or not, don’t […]

Boomer Business or Marriage Counseling

If you’ve been married long enough to eat the rest of the wedding cake you saved in the freezer, chances are you’ve heard about Marriage Counseling. If you’ve been in business for yourself there’s an equal chance you’ve talked to someone about better business tactics. Why not cut the time in half by talking to […]

How To Attend A Baby Boomer Gay Marriage

Have you been at the altar for a gay marriage? In the audience? If so, which part of the ceremony was evil enough to mark the couples for death like the suggestion reported in the Huffington Post? As a life guide the Bible leads the way. In the hands of hate-mongers it leads astray. Get back […]

PIE DELIVERY FROM NICOLETTA’S TABLE

Pie delivery is easy with such elegant packages. Two pies, pumpkin and pecan, all wrapped and ready. Nicoletta’s Kitchen is full of surprises. But how do they get from point A to point B? Me.

BE MINDFUL WITH A MIND ALREADY FULL? OK BOOMER

You hear ‘be mindful’ and what do you think? I hear it and think, ‘watch your step around this one.’ Is there more?

NEXT YEAR, MAYBE THE YEAR AFTER

Next year shows up fast, so fast that you haven’t gotten over anything from the last year. Suddenly you’re stacking the new ‘get over it’ on top of the old ‘get over it.’ You used to care about getting over things. What happened? This happened: