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BABY BOOMER PARENTS DO THE RIGHT THING

March 1, 2016 by

Wrong versus Right for baby boomer parents. The old days, the ‘good old days’, had a few rules. One of the first rules baby boomers learned at home was My Way or the Highway. This rule usually came up when young boomer felt cheated and wanted to straighten a few things out. And it usually […]

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PORTLAND MILLENNIAL PATIENCE IMPROVES

February 26, 2016 by

They want it all, and they want it now, but Portland millennial patience stays strong. The best of the best? Remember what that looked like, or sounded like? Experience, knowledge, and training used to guide American through it’s darkest nights. Once we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Shine that light. Baby boomers’ moms […]

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YOUR MOMMA IS SO PORTLAND MOMS BLOG THAT…

February 11, 2016 by

Portland baby boomerpdx blogger meets Portland Moms Blog blogger in a parking lot. Does a web address across the back window of a car in Haggen’s parking lot mean ask me about it? So I did. Jen Knight turned out to be sunshine on a cloudy day; the Portland Moms Blog founder, owner, and power […]

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THE TICKING BABY BOOMERS

December 27, 2015 by

We didn’t start the fire? Maybe, but ticking baby boomers sure throw on the logs. A recent statement about relationships explains how you should never let others know what makes you tick. Why? If they know how you tick, they’ll wind you up on their schedule. Sounds stressful, like a hidden life with those who […]

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GENERATION BOOMER AND THE DAMAGE DONE

December 17, 2015 by

They came in the as Boomer Generation, leaving as a Generation Boomer. Generation Boomer, at least those with millennial kids, lived up to the name. Our Millennials lead the list of the ‘most populous generation’ category. And most photogenic. You can’t be too smug when you’ve produced the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers, the […]

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MILLENNIAL BASHING? NOT SO FAST, BOOMER

December 9, 2015 by

Baby Boomers need to stop Millennial bashing for the sake of all. Remember the generation too lazy to work, to loaded to care, and too free to stick around? Were those millennials or boomers? Self pampered boomers look at millennials today with everything from disgust to loathing, especially since they raised them. They are experts […]

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MARRIAGE COUNSELING MATTERS

November 13, 2015 by

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. […]

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WINNING THE PAIN GAME

October 31, 2015 by

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 […]

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BABY BOOMER YOUTH GAMES

October 20, 2015 by

Could Kids Today Benefit From The Game Of Stretch Or Mumbly Peg? If Millennials and the rest of us want to meet on level ground, we must learn to share our games. A game on television is the easy part. Click a station, then another, until you find a game you both want to watch. […]

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LEAVING HIPSTER PORTLAND

October 18, 2015 by

When You Leave Hipster Portland What Do You See In The Rear View Mirror? It rained yesterday; it was supposed to rain. Not mudslide, bury your car, knock you house off its foundation rain, but still wet. That’s news, right? Rain in Portland? To cover all the bases, it got dark last night, too. You […]

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