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BODY WEIGHT: A FAT MAN’S CONFESSION WITH NO SHAME

March 26, 2021 by

Body weight became an issue for me in 7th grade. And it wasn’t fat shaming. That came later. In seventh grade there was a football weight limit for playing in the backfield. One twenty if I remember right. What I remember very accurately is I weighed slightly more, like five pounds. Coach Peasley, a small […]

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KNOWN BLOGGER TELLS YOU WHAT’S WHAT REVIEW

December 21, 2020 by

Known blogger: a page you check to see if something could possibly show up on a regular basis. Or, A solo website dedicated to ads, plugins, flash, and splash, where everything is glossed over with a sheen of disingenuousness entertainment. Let’s go with the first one, a known blogger working to help others wade through […]

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STRESSED FEELINGS OF PEOPLE, ANXIOUS PEOPLE

December 9, 2020 by

Stressed feelings are an overload signal, like a surge protector. If your life is a barrel, it carries everything important inside. We add and subtract, move things around. Now and then it overflows. It’s not a ‘disturbance in the force,’ overflow, not at first. But it is messy. Now what? You need to ask?

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HOLIDAY TRAVEL BENEFITS AVOIDED BY STAYING HOME

November 22, 2020 by

Avoiding holiday travel is one of the joys of getting older and living near the kids. Helicopter parents who haven’t driven their grown children to the other side of the continent, state, or town, rejoice. But it’s a respectful rejoice. Respect means replacing the whirly bird with a jump jet, a Harrier. Get in, do […]

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THROWBACK MEMORIES, OR GOOD MENTAL HEALTH

November 13, 2020 by

Throwback memories grow sharper with pictures we see, images of what was what from different times. Then time changes. “Memories used to go back further, just ask around. Now the good old days are 2019.” If that feeling rings anywhere close to you or someone you know, go ahead and take a review. This is […]

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK? COME ON NEW YORK

April 19, 2020 by

Doing the right thing in New York is the same as doing the right thing in Oregon: Stay home, keep a social distance. My social distance from NYC is 3000 miles away, but it wasn’t always that way. Frank said it best:

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REALITY REGISTER HOME CAREGIVER STYLE

July 2, 2019 by

Longtime readers and followers of boomerpdx know the reality register. I learned about it during my home caregiving years. My father in law had Parkinson’s and dementia. I was his link to living at home instead of a nursing home, assisted living, or other accommodations. Picking him up when he was down included reality register. […]

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CHOOSING CHOICE: THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOU

May 28, 2019 by

Choosing choice is as American as America gets. From remembering to mind your own business, to ‘Don’t Tread On Me,’ we are a nation of individuals. And because we come from all points of the compass, not everyone agrees with everyone else. One thing we practice, and need more, is agreeing about the freedom of […]

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WHO LIES ABOUT ABANDONING NYC

March 19, 2019 by

I spoke to a woman recently who moved to Portland Oregon from Brooklyn New York, just casual conversation in a Safeway line. We had something in common since I moved here from the same place, though she didn’t start in North Bend Oregon. She was big city all the way with no perspective on the […]

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Today Is A Special Day For Someone, What’s Your Day Like

July 12, 2018 by

  Coaches have had a grand time reminding their athletes that, “There’s someone somewhere training just as hard as you. Time to step it up.”   They say this right after you’ve had a special day of success so you won’t let it go to your head too fast.   Or, “Someone is training harder […]

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