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Time And The Baby Boomer Naturopath

October 17, 2013 by

Diet And Exercise In The Medicine Cabinet. When eating right and working out hits the news as good medicine you know something happened. Writer Alexandra Sifferlin begins her healthland.time.com article, Just Say No: When It Makes Sense Not to Take Your Medicine, with these words: “It sounds like something a quack would support, but it’s true.”

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Time.com: Top 6 Bloggers (out of 25)

October 16, 2013 by

Dear Baby Boomers, By now you’ve read enough to know what baby boomer retirement looks like. If not there’s about a zillion blogs telling you there is no retirement, retire young enough to do the things you love, or how to plan your retirement. You’ve experienced the boomer health factor with parents and kids with […]

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How Chief Broom Explains Politics

October 3, 2013 by

With Help From Ken Kesey. Every baby boomer born finds emotional relief in Beatles lyrics. It comes with the territory. You find yourself in times of trouble, then what? Do you let it be? Boomerpdx says consult the classics. Start with One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

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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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The Baby Boomer Side Of The Internet

August 30, 2013 by

What’s the first thing you do when you find a website that amazes? You either send the link to your social network because they’d all love to see it… Or, you try and break the site down to something you understand. You’re not hacking into it, just wrapping your mind around the idea. Here are […]

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Cursed

August 16, 2013 by

Slate’s culture blog, browbeat, asks of there’s a Good Will Hunting curse on Ben Affleck and Matt Damon? NW Boomer says no, but what about Robin Williams and director Gus Van Sant? Robin and Gus will work it out if there is a curse, but there’s help for Ben and Matt. Writers Sharan Shetty and Holly […]

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The Hashtag Hook

August 8, 2013 by

Every trap has some sort of bait. Fish hit the worm on a hook. Crabs crawl into the crab-pot to munch on fish heads. Forbes magazine prints an article explaining how hashtags attract wealthy customers. We’re all on the same page so far? Hashtag = #, like #boomerpdx. Author Cheryl Conner says people with money are […]

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Ben, It’s Me, Dave

August 5, 2013 by

Searching For Ben Affleck Have you heard the story about the blogger and the movie star? The blogger, an aging Baby Boomer, gets a man-crush on Ben Affleck after seeing Argo. He writes a few posts about Ben, how much he loved Argo’s movie inside a movie idea, and how shocking the story unfolded with […]

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Get A Handle On Your Life

August 4, 2013 by

The secret to a tidy life, clean space, and peace of mind comes down to one question. How many times do you handle things? People with newspapers littered all over the place need to pay attention. Got a garage full of excuses, er, treasures too valuable to part with? The easy solution is read the […]

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