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CLEAN UP, ORGANIZE, REPEAT

Clean up on aisle me?
I got the best advice on how it’s done, how I can do it. You, too.
“Pick one shelf, take everything off, and put back less.”
There’s nothing about starting a fire.
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CRYING TIME CAN BE ANY TIME

Crying time in my family is . . . complicated.
Not one gets called a cry baby, made fun of, or ignored.
But there’s a thought that some of us aren’t fans of a good cry.
And they’re wrong.
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MOUNT HOOD VIEW FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The Mount Hood view is so good from the neighborhood that streets are named after it.
That’s what you get in a town near a mountain.
You could say a town near a mountain range since there’s also a view of Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams to the north, Mt. Jefferson to the south on a clear day.
But the Cascades show one mountain at a time, not an uplifted region like the Rocky Mountains that looks like an outsized gravel pit.
How’s the view from Hoodvista Lane? Beautiful:

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A BOOMERPDX ‘MOST READ’ REVIEW

Why is “BLACK TAR HEROIN, SAM QUINONES, AND DREAMLAND” the most read? This week’s Most Read tally: Home page / Archives 96 BLACK TAR HEROIN, SAM QUINONES, AND DREAMLAND 57 PRESIDENTIAL BIRDS? YOU CAN’T BLAME DONALD TRUMP 11 HOW TO WRITE AN ARTIST REVIEW, pt 1 11 WHEN THE WRITTEN WORD IS? STOP SIGN 10 […]

BOOMER GYM UP, MILLENNIALS ON DECK

Presenting the Best of the Best Gym Boomers They show up like clockwork and put in the work. Their personal record is attendance. If they don’t get results they think of suing the gym. Normal boomers get in, get out, and make a better day. The others look around for inspiration.

TRAUMA NATION AMERICA IN 10 POINTS

Is America The Leader In The Race To The Top Of Trauma? 10 Reasons For Yes On Trauma Nation America. Recent research shows DNA passes down trauma markers from parents to kids. That means if a father suffers a traumatic event his DNA adapts and gets installed in his children. It could be a good […]

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AVOID ANNIVERSARY MOVIES

A Divorce Downer Of Old Movies. The plan: A nice wedding anniversary with the family followed by a weekend at the same beach you went to on your honeymoon. If anniversaries are a tradition, so is the beach trip. You book your favorite cabin, the one with unobstructed view of the ocean…from the bathroom. Pack […]

SHARING BABY BOOMER FITNESS GOALS

  If severe illness limits mobility, what do you do for baby boomer fitness?   If sitting is the safest place besides bed, how do you stay fit? More important, how can you help someone in such a condition? That was the challenge when I became caregiver for my Parkinson’s afflicted father in law. The […]

BOOMER AND THE BOMB

Every August Brings The Atomic Winds Of The Bomb Howling Out Of History. History is more than binge watching the Hitler Channel with a few War In The Pacific shows tossed in for balance. If history is your passion, but you aren’t a history major with an advanced degree, your opinion still matters. Every August […]

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MESA ARIZONA, CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

Where are you right now? Do you wish you were somewhere else? Instead of working on the wish list of where you’d rather be, take a good look around. You may be in the center of the universe, like Mesa Arizona.

SUPERIOR ARIZONA AFTER APACHE TEARS SEARCH

    One of the most impressive rocks I’ve knocked out of a rock wall? Apache tears.   Just another rock until I held it up to the sun for my own solar eclipse.   What’s going on in there? See through rocks in Superior Arizona.

FIRE ON THE CAROLINA MOUNTAIN

A sunset walk on Sunset Trail, and Marshall Tucker. Fire on the mountain Lightning in the air Gold in them hills Waiting for me there

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