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LIVING LIFE AND LISTENING

Listening, being a good listener, is an important part of living life the way it should be lived.
Take it from me, a serial interrupter who has changed his ways.
I’ve changed my ways, and you should too.
What’s that you say?
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WHEN YOU NEED A FATHER FIGURE

This is my latest new mug, the Father Figure, and it’s my favorite of all time.
The handle is right.
The size is right.
It holds so much ice water I don’t need to refill it during my workout routine and lose focus.
But there’s so much more.
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LEARNING CURVE FOR BLOGGERS

A learning curve is something we face from the beginning.
From first grade to last grade, the challenge is never ending.
And that’s the good part.
Then there’s the other part.
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OLD AGE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

Old age is a place to avoid if you can help it.
It starts with the idea of, ‘I’m too old to do that,’ whatever ‘that’ is.
Too old to skydive the first time? Maybe.
Too old to bungee jump off a bridge? Probably.
If you get past seventy without skydiving and bungee jumping? Good job.
So what is there to do instead? Everything else.
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WHEN THE AMERICAN DREAM CHANGES? KEEP UP

If you wonder how you’ll keep up when the American Dream changes, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
Different people, different dogs, different places? Still keeping up?
Start in the easiest place: know your place.
Does that sound too rigorous? Too condescending?
Here, I’ll help you adjust:
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CANCER VIEW: WEED FROM THE OTHER SIDE

My cancer view had more weed hope later than sooner with DAG approved brownies. It started with a look for an alternate route for a cure instead of chemo road.   What I found was a log of death in men who’d gone the alternate route instead of chemo, then switched to the hard stuff […]

GUN TALK THE WRONG WAY … AGAIN

Raw Story posted a gun column about white men and guns. It was the sort of gun talk white men with guns shouldn’t identify with. “White men stockpile guns because they’re scared of black people and feel inadequate, science says.” That’s the rawstory title. It’s raw, but even more, it’s lazy, but a site called […]

Caregiving For The Baby Boomer Spouse

3 Ways To Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way. Who can name the ‘Do Your Own Thing’ generation? How about the ‘March To The Beat Of A Different Drummer’ generation? Or the ‘If You Love Something Set It Free’ generation? The ‘Me’ generation? The one with ‘Radicals And Freaks?’ On a blog called […]

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PORTLAND HOLIDAY HURLING SEASON

Somewhere between Thanksgiving and Christmas you’ll find Portland Holiday Hurling Season. (Overheard at Portland Saturday Market.) I love this time of year. That’s right, as corny as it sounds, I love it. Family and friends and toasts and food. What’s not to love. Even the one time I took an early out on an evening’s […]

WHO GETS FOOLED AGAIN? WHO? WHO?

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Baby boomers grew up with The Man. It wasn’t daddy, but daddy knew The Man. Sometimes daddy was on The Man reserve. Who is The Man? It’s the police Man. We saw him at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Man swung a hard […]

AGING IN PLACE MEANS LIVING IN PEACE

Baby Boomers yearn for an Aging in Place state of mind. If all we are asking is give peace a chance, why not ask for more, like a peaceful place to live? This aging behemoth of a generation, these Baby Boomers, are asking for more. They say they want to age in place, like aging […]

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TAKE ME TO UNION STATION AND PUT ME ON A TRAIN

  What is it about train stations, including Portland Union Station, that feel so mournful? The Rolling Stones caught the sorrow with No Expectations. Take me to the station And put me on a train I’ve got no expectations To pass through here again Once I was a rich man Now I am so poor […]

Fighting Chuck Palahniuk, And Portland Inertia

    I didn’t have anything to prove by fighting Chuck Palaniuk, but I did with the fight against inertia on a Sunday where the NFL was on TV and Wordstock was happening on the park blocks. It was a good day to do nothing and there was plenty to back up doing it.   […]

PORTLAND STREETS WITH BOOMERPDX, pt 1: THE BIKE

A Look Back At A 1980’s Bike/Car Conflict On Northwest 21st. What do you call an apartment living, bike riding, Portlander? Today they’re called hipsters. They either bike, walk, or take mass transit like eastcoasters. Maybe hipsters have always been here, but the name sounds too lame to claim. Hippie? Okay, it’s been around. Hipster? […]

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