The American way of my Dad was different than mine. For him it was finish high school, wait a year for his brother, then go to junior college to play baseball together. Instead of waiting it out, he got with his buddies and they all joined the Marine Corps. Everyone went in, except one, and […]
GOOD TIMES GOING FORWARD
November 7, 2024 by
The good times ahead aren’t for everybody. They may not be for the people who voted for the good timing man. Getting on toward seventy this year, I expect to hear all about it. What’s it going to sound like going forward? You’ve heard it before:
AMERICAN PROCESS = THE GRIND
October 9, 2024 by
American process is what we’re famous for around here. The U.S. didn’t become what it is today by scrapping everything and starting over, although some argue that that’s what FDR did in the Great Depression. Not my argument. Why? Because FDR was schooled in the American process. He had been a state senator, assistant secretary […]
AMERICAN IDENTITY IS NO SURPRISE
August 24, 2024 by
An American identity is more than a passport, drivers license, or birth place. It’s more than bragging rights and USA USA USA. What is it? Here’s one take on what it is:
RELATIONSHIP ABERRATION? WHO IS THE ABERRATION, WHO IS ‘NORMAL’
November 18, 2023 by
The big question in a relationship aberration is who is who? Who is the aberration for the other, who is the norm. So there I was sitting down to a late lunch with my wife talking about aberrations. I started by using a string as an example. String? Stay with me.
BLOG SURFER? THE TIDE IS HIGH, BRAH
November 13, 2023 by
I imagine the blog surfer who lands on boomerpdx. More than imagine, I get to read about them. At least that’s how I see my personal spam, my surfer spam. For example:
AMERICAN SOUL SEARCHING CONTINUES
September 30, 2023 by
The American soul is elusive. One time it’s here, the next time it’s there. More than one searcher has found it, only to discover what others have: “They are wrong.”
AMERICAN STORIES: MOVING ON TO NEW LAND
July 4, 2023 by
American stories in early Oregon were about pioneers, travel, and hard work. How hard? As hard as it’s ever been clearing land by hand. But first they had to get here. And they’re still coming.
AMERICAN RESUME SHOULD INCLUDE WHAT?
November 15, 2022 by
An American resume is different for everybody. People showed up early, some late, some are on the way. All need to realize what they’re hearing when the chant of, “USA, USA, USA” starts. Too many of the cheerleaders have a poor American resume, and it shows.
AMERICAN LIFE PLAN FOR LIVING UNGUARDED
July 5, 2022 by
An American life, yours and mine, is based on a certain freedom. Those freedoms are listed here in the National Archives Museum. If that’s not enough freedom, you might ask ‘what is enough?’
