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BOOMERS WANT LIST INCLUDES WHAT THEY DIDN’T GET

Boomers want more, more, more? That’s the whine that comes from the echo chamber of other generations, like baby boomers are a cut and run company of ruin and destruction. Boomers I know want that elusive dish in life, harmony with a side of peace, love, and understanding. Boomer wannabes want the same thing, but […]

VISIT GRANDMA FOR LESSONS SOONER THAN LATER

My Visit Grandma story is about the first woman elected to the Bend City Council in 1964. My Grandma. I was twelve and she was something. My grandparents were church people who abided by Presbyterian rules. They took it very seriously. As church people do, they made it a big part of their local reputation, […]

INFORMATIONAL BLOG REVIEW, PANDEMIC VERSION

An informational blog does one thing best: it informs. But you know that. From a professional blogging point of view, the information on a blog needs to stay on topic. This blog, boomerpdx, sounds like a Baby Boomer blog, and it is. But like the now second biggest demographic in America, thanks millennials, the sky […]

OREGON MAN: WHAT MAKES THEM EXTRA SPECIAL

Oregon man needs to leave the state and return to understand how special they are. Answer the question, “Where are you from?” with Oregon and the show begins. “Oregon? I’ve always wanted to go there,” they say, like it’s a mission to Mars.

Cultural Exchange Without Leaving Home

Last night my cultural exchange student, better said as ‘our’ cultural exchange student, prepared dinner for seven. And the kid can cook. I know the difference when someone mails it in from the kitchen. How? Because someone I know tried doing it for years. Me. Now I’m much better and […]

Millennial History Break: WWII-era

It’s been a long time since history delivered WWII. A long time to learn what happened, too. But not all are interested in the lessons of WWII, particularly the death camps where those deemed undesirable by the German authorities were warehoused until further notice. Further notice was death for six million […]

Writing Advice To Colin Kaepernick From Boomerpdx

Who is writing books, or more accurately, who writes books that people read? A book no one reads is like a tree falling in the forest when no one’s around. Does it make a noise? One thing we know for sure, Colin Kaepernick has made a noise. By not saying anything. […]

Run Away From Home, Family, Life. But To Where?

If you were lucky growing up you couldn’t run away. Well you could, but would you end up someplace better? My hometown is North Bend, Oregon. I attended the same grade school, junior high, and high school all in the same school district. So did most of my graduating class. We didn’t hear […]

THE REAL GEORGE MARSHALL, AKA GRANDPA

George Marshall, George Warren Marshall, Grandpa Marshall, a ground breaker for the ages. He was a logger, a tree feller, of a different stripe. Once I asked him, “What’s the difference between you and the rest of the loggers drunk and fighting in bars after work?” “That’s not the sort of life to […]

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BOOMERS WANT LIST INCLUDES WHAT THEY DIDN’T GET

VISIT GRANDMA FOR LESSONS SOONER THAN LATER

INFORMATIONAL BLOG REVIEW, PANDEMIC VERSION

OREGON MAN: WHAT MAKES THEM EXTRA SPECIAL

FRIDAY FLEX: WHY GET READY A DAY EARLY

Cultural Exchange Without Leaving Home

Millennial History Break: WWII-era

Writing Advice To Colin Kaepernick From Boomerpdx

Run Away From Home, Family, Life. But To Where?

THE REAL GEORGE MARSHALL, AKA GRANDPA

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