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FALLING LEAVES OF AUTUMN

Falling leaves are the rule of the season.
The only place without a carpet of leaves is a parking garage.
But that’s Oregon, famous for trees.
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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.
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PIE COOKING CLASS STARTS WITH A PRO CRUST

Pie cooking is easy.
Preheat the oven, open the pie package, and put it in.
But what if you start from scratch and do everything by hand?
What’s that like?
Let’s go:

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JAPAN QUESTIONS HPV VACCINE, STD RATES RISE IN CALIFORNIA, PEW RESEARCH SHEDS LIGHT

  Japan questioned the use of an hpv vaccine based on animal research?   Thanks to members of my sharp network of researchers like G. M.-S. I received this news over the facebook wire.   The issue regarding a paper questioning the scientific results got answered when the paper was withdrawn, as it should have […]

HELPING THE EMERGENCY RESCUE

Or, How To Tell The Difference Between Yoga And A Case For Emergency Rescue. The gym I belong to is full of classes. Usually they happen in a dance studio with window walls on one side and mirrors on the other. It’s the usual schedule of jumping around with a wired up instructor, lifting Styrofoam […]

CANCER EDUCATION, PAIN MANAGEMENT, LIQUID OXY

I am a sore throat expert. It’s a benefit of neck cancer education after I graduated from treatment. Of all sore throats in the history of sore throats mine was the worst, said everyone with a sore throat rated above an 8.5.

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BOOMER GENERATION BREAKS AMERICA ON TIME COVER BUT NOT IN OUR HEARTS

    At some point every generation can take credit for breaking America. The pinata of democracy is strong enough to take a few whacks.   It helps that those swinging the stick are usually too old to do much damage, but watching them still hurts.   Steven Brill explains it all for baby boomers, […]

MARRIED LANDSCAPE WINNING TACTICS

    We play a game at my house called, “I’ll hire the ___ if you can’t do it.”   I like to think it comes with being married to the right person, a visionary.   Fill in the blank with electrician, plumber, carpenter, landscape crew. As long as husband isn’t on the list there’s […]

BOOMER ENTREPRENEUR: GOOD IDEA?

Our newspaper of record, the Oregonian/oregonlive.com, broke the boomer news. Baby Boomers too young to retire and too old to hire embrace what they’ve always embraced: Themselves. Can’t believe it? The book ‘I’M OK, YOU’RE OK’ started out with a working title of ‘I’M OK, I’M OK, I’M STILL OK, OK?’ The ME GENERATION reminds […]

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Boomer Hits The Road

10 States With The Lowest Overhead According To money.msn.com. Baby Boomers love a good deal. We’ve perfected phrases like, “What do you need to get for that?” It’s embarrassing to others when we go into bargain mode at the Safeway check-out, not so much at a flea market. If everything has a price, then so do […]

How To Sake Bomb

Start A Boomer Birthday Right What goes best with sushi? Ask your server at Mio Sushi. Ours recommended the traditional Sake Bomb. Sake Bomb? Huh? That’s what I asked. Am I the only baby boomer who’s never heard of it? And why is it called a bomb? Start with Japanese beer, like Sapporo, and a […]

PUBLIC BEACHES FOR OREGON MARINE GARDEN, MARINE RESERVE, MARINE OIL SPILL

    Public beaches usually mean one thing, like the one thing private beaches convey. Public beaches, like Oregon beaches, are available to everyone, anyone.   Private beaches? Not so much. More like a backyard pool.   But what happens when public beaches in Oregon come with obstacles?   What are we supposed to do […]

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