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BABY BOOMER CRY TOWEL

Who else needs a cry towel? Everyone.
Who admits it? Not everyone.
The problem is not everyone had a cry towel when it counted.
Like when they were a baby.
You can see it in people who think of kids as just another mouth to feed.
Instead of the biggest thing ever, that baby found themselves born into a convenient file.

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RECLAIMING MY TIME ON SOUTHERN OREGON COLLEGE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS LATER

Southern Oregon College Graduating Class of 1960: My dad.
He transferred after two years at Central Oregon Community College in Bend.
It was a well used path to the first college degree in his family.
He was thirty years old, an old 30.
Back then thirty was older, fifty was a grandparent. Hit sixty and you’re probably dead a few years.
Southern Oregon College changed his life. And, I’d like to say, since davidpdx strives to honor higher education, it changed my life too, although five year old me was still only five years old.
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RETIREMENT GYM GUY IN EVERYONES FUTURE

Meet retirement gym guy, the man who’s been everywhere, done everything, driven every kind of car made, and needs you to know all about it.
They know what you should do, when you should do it, and where.
With emergency warning levels, you’ll learn about their most recent illness, surgery, and recovery.
It could be going better, they say, but it is what it is.
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GAINING CONFIDENCE, losing confidence

The thing about confidence, gaining confidence, is making it personal.
Something bothers you until you do something about it, then it doesn’t bother you. As much.
Whether you fixed a problem, or not, you did something.
That’s a win in the davidpdx book, blog, post, something.
It’s win.
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EARLY TO WORK EVERY DAY

In my field if you’re not early to work, you’re late.
If you’re late you can’t be a blogger?
No, you can be late and blog, late and write, and it’s a good idea to be late.
Being late builds demand. Can’t you feel it?
But not too late.
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toughen up

MICHAEL BECKER WALKS WITH PURPOSE

I like people who channel their problems constructively. They’re effective in making me feel like the whiner I’ve always taken pride in.   Michael Becker channels his problems constructively, and he’s a big boost. I found him in a search of cancer memoirs. We’ve exchanged pleasant emails. Have I told him I’m scouting for my […]

LIFE STAGES WITH ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS

    Instead of death and dying, use the same grief progression for living and life stages. It fits just as well, after all no one said life was easy. Sometimes living is a downer until we find something to live for.   Life stages go beyond the chronographic scale, like the Terrible Twenties, the […]

CANCER SURVIVORS CHECK-IN PRACTICE

  One thing bloggers do is read other blogs. It’s not a competitive thing. For some. I read for information, writing style, writers voice. The usuals. As the writer on a blog with over fifteen hundred posts, I’ve got a handle on the word part. Still working on word organization. Who isn’t. It’s a humbling […]

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boomer years

HOW A BOOMER HEART BREAKS

Which generation has the best broken hearts? Baby boomer heart breaks lead the pack. Remember the first time your boomer heart broke? Something went wrong. Someone said the wrong thing. Was it a mistake, a misunderstanding? Don’t get the shovel and start digging it out. Don’t check your high school year book. If you cut […]

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN BOOMER

I hear you asking, “What’s a ‘proven’ boomer?” You know what a ‘made man’ is in the Mafia? They’ve taken an assignment from the boss and done good with it. Usually the assignment that makes you a Made Man also makes you a Button Man. You push the button, pull the trigger, you’re a made […]

SIXTY @ SIXTY IN THREE PARTS

1. Know your roots. Remember where you came from. Turning 60 means you’ve met lots of people. You’ve had time to meet people; if you haven’t, get started. More than once you’ve had someone give this answer when asked, “Where are you from?” “Lot’s of places.” If you’ve given that answer it’s time to stop. […]

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buckle up

Baby Boomer Travel, pt 1

Plan Ahead Or Suffer. Once you step out your front door the machinery kicks into gear. It’s either too late to change plans, or you don’t want to be the one changing. Be a good sport. Baby boomers know how to be good sports. We also know how to whine so don’t be alarmed when […]

PORTLAND: THE FOG OF HISTORY

Yesterday’s Tomorrow – A Portland Journey. From the street under your feet to the places you walk by everyday, the untold story unfolds. Except you never see it. We live in the moment. Moving from one place to another is our goal, and it’s enough. But it’s not enough for everyone. It’s not enough for […]

TIME TRAVEL WITH GUITARS TUNED GOOD AND FIRM WOMEN

        Time travel with music happens every second of every day. A song comes across the waves and we’re back in the day we first heard it from the first beat onward.   Unfortunately I never hear the first song I ever played on a guitar.   Down In The Valley isn’t […]

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