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NPR AMERICAN HISTORY FAILS

Is There A Future For American History? NPR Says Maybe. A history joke: “This is George Washington’s Ax, the one he used to chop down the cherry tree. The head’s been replaced five time, the handle eight, but it represents the same space.” After you stop laughing you’ll see the history problem: the ax isn’t […]

BOOMER LEADERSHIP STILL LEADS

You Get Older And Wonder When Boomer Leadership Ends? It Doesn’t. Chances are good that you’ve been in the audience for a big presentation. It might have been a work related pep rally, a concert, or a spiritual event. Do you remember the speaker at the event, the band? You do if they reached you […]

MARTHA HULL IN PORTLAND SATURDAY MARKET

Death’s Daughter And The Basket Of Kittens With Martha Hull In Portland. I had a mission one Saturday: Portland Saturday Market and Lagerfest. The first stop was a tribute to the inextinguishable flame of creativity; the second was an attempt to extinguish that flame in art beer. Only the first succeeded. You know how it […]

PORTLAND’S FARM TRIP

How Far Away Is Portland’s Farm, Portland’s Midwest? Not Far At All. Do you ever imagine golden waves of grain while sweating it out in your hotbox apartment? You wait for a breeze to blow through the crops in your mind while heat mirages rise off the asphalt beach parking lot. Or you’re standing in […]

SOUTHERN HISTORY THE RIGHT WAY

A New Southern History Flag For The South? History is like a cat. Once it’s out of the bag, it won’t back. Andrew Jackson won’t fit under anyone’s hat and if he did you’d probably have a lot less hair. The uproar over the Confederate battle flag throws the South for a loop, but not […]

BEN AFFLECK, MAN CRUSHED

Celebrity Divorce Changes Things. When you get married and have kids you need to be ready. Ready for what? Ready to say, “OK.” The old gang shows up ready to do old gang stuff. You’re ready too, until you look at your wife’s face. It’s the expression that doesn’t need words. Why? Because she’s said […]

YOUR NAME, YOUR TRUTH

In a time not so long ago your name wasn’t good enough. Hard to believe in the land of straight shooters and honor, but John Wayne didn’t start out as John Wayne. Neither did Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis. It was a different time. Benedict Cumberbatch says those days are long gone. Still, there’s something […]

OREGON SPORTS AWARDS FOR PARENTS

Athletes Strive For Success, Oregon Sports Awards Serve Notice. Who remembers their first sports achievement? Was it learning to swim? Catching a ball? Running faster than a brother or sister? Whatever your memory is you don’t remember your first athletic move, but your mom and dad does. Maybe it was the first time you raised […]

BOOMERPDX COOKING TIPS

From Foodie To Finish, Cooking Tips for Boomers. Everyone’s done this: You sit down to eat and the plate looks so beautiful you take a picture and post it. You want to share the perfection if not the calories. None of pictures look the same, but they all look delicious. That’s only part of the […]

HOW TO un-GAY A 60’s TEEN BOOMER

Who Thinks You Can un-Gay Anyone? Parents? My uncle grew from an awkward teen boomer to become an inspirational gay man. I could say inspirational man, but he’s more proud of being a gay inspiration. He’s lived life his way on no uncertain terms: Accept gay or go away. But that’s not how it started […]