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How To Attend A Baby Boomer Gay Marriage

September 8, 2013 by

Have you been at the altar for a gay marriage? In the audience? If so, which part of the ceremony was evil enough to mark the couples for death like the suggestion reported in the Huffington Post? As a life guide the Bible leads the way. In the hands of hate-mongers it leads astray. Get back […]

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Johnny Shaw In The House (Old Church)

September 6, 2013 by

Once a month on the first Tuesday, Willamette Writers meet in Portland, Oregon. The Old Church near Portland State plays host. Eleven times a year a guest speaker takes the stage. The missing month is August because of the Conference. Johnny Shaw, author of Dove Season, spoke to the gathering for September. One part industry insider, one part […]

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American Baby Boomer History, pt.1

September 2, 2013 by

  Little Baby Boomers launched into the world between 1946-1964, the year after WWII ended and LBJ’s first elected Presidential year. Imagine the tension, the residual stress, from a global upheaval that included carpet bombing and comfort women. They did what they had to do to save the world from Nazis and crazed Japanese militants and it […]

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Estate Planning For NW Boomers

August 17, 2013 by

When the day comes to estate plan and you’re not there, what happens? If you didn’t make the sort of legal decisions that put your resources where you want them to go, who will decide? In other words, if you don’t have your ducks in a row, someone else will line them up. This happens […]

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Footprint Of Fame

August 9, 2013 by

Excuse Baby Boomers when it comes to fame. They were the first victims of mass hysteria. They saw Elvis and The Beatles on TV and felt the reactions. One day a kid is normal. The next he shows up in Beatle Boots and Beatle Wig. And he’s never the same, bouncing from fad to fad, […]

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Boomer Gym: 1-1-1

July 25, 2013 by

Baby boomer numbers scare non-boomers. Most of the numbers you hear sound like this: 79 Million Baby Boomers in America. 10,000 Baby Boomers retire every day. Those are the frightening numbers. Number matter, but one of the most important is one hundred eleven, the old 111. But what does it mean? It’s a natural number. A […]

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Boomer History 101

July 14, 2013 by

If Your Boomer Man Seems Confused, Here’s Why: It starts with ‘Old School’ and how do you define it. Yes, it’s the title of a Will Farrell movie, but move along. Old School in 2013 could mean the 1980′s, bumped to the 1990′s for twenty-somethings. It works for shorter attention spans, but not longer. Wiki […]

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Dark Boomer Treasure And Martha Hull

July 11, 2013 by

A Noir Memoir And Dark Boomer Treasure. The last time I thought so hard about the alphabet was someone asking, “Who told you to write? Who said you could write?” My answer, “Dad, what’s the big deal? I know the alphabet.” I sang the alphabet song to prove it. “Son,” he said, “you’re an English […]

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Duck Chopping Block

June 26, 2013 by

Axes Always Look Bigger In The Air Says NW Boomer Will the NCAA finally explain the evils of Chip Kelly? All the man did was put Eugene on the recruiting trail. What he didn’t do was learn to wipe off fingerprints along the way. Maybe it’s excusable for a New Hampshire guy who’s never worried about […]

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Museum Boomer, pt 2

June 24, 2013 by

Is There Ever Enough Stuff To Go Find? Stuff with unexpected strings came from a deceased man’s house. A museum curator reviewed an inventory of stuff in the house and made a small list. The recent death gave the job a sense of urgency to get in and get out, but also called for more […]

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