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BLOG PROPERTY: OPEN THE GATE

July 20, 2023 by

Blog property, like any property, has boundaries. Once you start, then what? Keep it moving, keep it current, keep it interesting. No one wants readers who drift off thinking, ‘That’s ten wasted minutes of my life I’ll never get back.’

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BLOG COACH STEPS UP

July 19, 2023 by

The blog coach call came from a man who needed help. Why call me? Because I’ve got a track record of thirty-two hundred posts on boomerpdx. Not thirty, not thirty-two, but thirty-two hundred blog posts. I’d call me too. But there’s more, so much more.

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QUIT NOW? THEN WHAT

July 12, 2023 by

Quit now and forever hold your peace? Who do you say that to? And who would listen? Quitting is the easy part, it’s what comes next that’s hard to figure out.

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HOMETOWN WRITERS MISS THE BOAT?

June 22, 2023 by

Hometown writers miss the boat when they think everything’s been said about where they grew up. Then, to save their careers the turn their focus to their hometown. More like they use a sense of home to lure readers in. Like Thomas Wolfe.

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SUNNY DAY FOR CELEBRATIONS EVERYDAY

June 21, 2023 by

A sunny day is the best sort of day for cheering. You can go outside and walk around with the joy of the day, no matter what is celebrated. And you don’t have to dress like you’re going on an undersea adventure. Just open the door and step out. But what is there to celebrate? […]

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TAKE ‘THE PAUSE’ TO SHOW RESPECT

June 20, 2023 by

‘The Pause’ in this post is the moment a medical team takes after a patient dies. Whoever is in the bed deserves a moment of quiet for the life they led. I’m a fan of people understanding the idea of respect and how it’s shown. But why wait until the last moment?

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START WRITING BECAUSE ‘YOU NEVER KNOW’

June 19, 2023 by

Start writing because you have a story that needs telling. By you.

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PEOPLE UNITED BY GIVING WRITERS

June 8, 2023 by

Needy people? You see them all over the place? So do I. I’m one of them. Oh, and so are you. We need things we don’t have. Writers give some of those things, or at least the feeling of giving. So what?

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BOOMER MEDICINE: THEY GET WHAT THEY DESERVE?

June 4, 2023 by

Boomer medicine comes in the same variety as everyone else’s: What works. And what doesn’t work. But for boomers there’s an extra additive.

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FIXING PROBLEMS? START AT THE BOTTOM

June 3, 2023 by

Fixing problems begin with a strong identification. For example, the car rides lumpy and low in the back right? You may have a flat tire. That’s a problem that needs fixing.

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