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AMERICAN POWER: PURSE FOR PEACE OPINION

November 21, 2019 by

Watching American power working, and listening to the cast of characters doing government business on television, shows one thing: they are not prime time players. By that, I mean they don’t connect dots very convincingly. Even my major news source, the blogging Bruce Linder, hasn’t hit this one yet, but I heard one person yesterday. […]

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BOOMER LOCKDOWN: TALKING ‘BOUT MY GENERATION

September 16, 2019 by

The saying of ‘you get a better look at America from the outside’ has never been more true for the coming boomer lockdown. I’m on the outside, the France side, and I finally found the right look I’ve been searching for. What I see is the Eiffel Tower showing it’s dazzle, like the biggest continual […]

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REALITY REGISTER HOME CAREGIVER STYLE

July 2, 2019 by

Longtime readers and followers of boomerpdx know the reality register. I learned about it during my home caregiving years. My father in law had Parkinson’s and dementia. I was his link to living at home instead of a nursing home, assisted living, or other accommodations. Picking him up when he was down included reality register. […]

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AMERICA: LOVE IT, LEAVE IT, OR STICK AROUND AND MAKE IT BETTER

June 22, 2019 by

America, love it or leave it, is a sentiment that echoes from past decades. The silent generation decided to speak up, finally, when their kids grew hair and talked about what America meant to them. Hippies decided to try and make it better by going to the country, going organic, macrobiotic, and talking it up. […]

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Violence, Anger, And The Great Sadness

September 11, 2018 by

    Where does it come from, this violence, anger, and sadness? We’re not born with it, according to experts.   The same experts say we learn certain behavior.   How to explain unexplained violence? When is the right time to lash out and hurt?   Another writer, another blogger, might roll out their research […]

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Another Moment Of All American Serendipitous Patriotism

September 8, 2018 by

    “If you’ve ever wondered what you’d have done had you lived during the era of slavery, the Holocaust, or the Civil Rights Movement — whether you’d have stood & spoken up; whether you’d have intervened to help someone or been complicit in harming them through your silence — you have your answer.   […]

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All American Moment Of Serendipitous Patriotism

September 7, 2018 by

    One fine summer day in Philadelphia I found myself walking east on Market Street in the company of friends and family toward Independence Hall.   The Liberty Bell was still in residence.   I remember aunts and uncles and cousins and roommates all hiking toward the July 4th, 1976 Bicentennial speech given by […]

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Portland Bird Flip To The Rest Of You

September 3, 2018 by

    The Portland bird is one thing, the Portland bird flip a whole ‘nother thing.   If it’s not this, it’s that for Portland. Close to the mountains, close to the beach, and if the pace of new building is any indicator, close to the new neighbors.   Like any city over a certain […]

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Cultural Exchange Without Leaving Home

August 23, 2018 by

  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 […]

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Nature Inspires Art, Yellowstone Inspires Nature

August 11, 2018 by

    Driving Yellowstone is a trip back in time, and more than pre-historic time even though a dinosaur walking across the landscape wouldn’t be much of a surprise.   In this real life vision of Jurassic Park buffalo work just fine.   By back in time I mean a 45 mph speed limit and […]

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