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STAY CALM ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH HARD TIMES

April 3, 2022 by

Stay calm is different than being told, “CALM DOWN.” The first is what you tell yourself; the second is what you hear when it’s not working. What’s the big deal about staying calm? Is it really that important? Yes, and here’s why:

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ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHO DECIDES FOR BOOMERS

March 29, 2022 by

Acceptable losses are like minor surgery. There’s no such things as minor surgery, just minor surgeons. Or, it’s minor surgery if it’s someone else going under the knife. Losses are the same. The closer you are, the less acceptable the loss.

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DYING LIGHT? NO, IT’S CATARACTS

March 24, 2022 by

“Rage against the dying light.” That’s the advice dead-poet Dylan Thomas gives old people. “Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light,” means something different at thirty-three, when Thomas wrote it, than ninety three. If the lights are dimming in your life, instead of raging and raging […]

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RICK STEVES SAYS TRAVEL IS A POLITICAL ACT

March 21, 2022 by

Is Rick Steves right about travel? He ought to know after all the traveling he’s done. From all over Europe, to Paris, he’s been around. So why is travel a political act?

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FEELING OLD AND TOO TIRED? TIME FOR A PUPPY

March 10, 2022 by

Feeling old and being old are two different things. How many times have you scrolled social media and found young people who sound too old for their years. Or at least too old for the the image they use for identification. Not everything is as it seems online. An old person could use a thirty […]

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BEST CONCERT: A BOOMERPDX REVIEW

February 19, 2022 by

Reviewing for best concert happened the usual way: I opened a box of pictures and found Prince. I saw this show in 1985 for $17.50 with my then-girlfriend, driving up to Tacoma and back from Portland. We got married a year later. Prince The Closer?

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YOUR STORY DONE YOUR WAY; MY STORY IS RIGHT HERE

February 16, 2022 by

When you write your story, or tell it, or carve it into wood or stone, it’s your choice. For many baby boomers from the middle boomer aisle, not early or late boomers, the story includes things like: “We drank water from a garden hose, rode bikes without helmets, and ate everything on our plate.” I […]

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GIFT GIVING? HOLD MY BEER SIGN

January 4, 2022 by

Gift giving is such a mixed bag of emotions. From the funny: “Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, this is just what I wanted.” To the sad: “I didn’t know what to give you, so…” For reference, no one wants a beer sign after college, at least that’s the common adult thing. Beer sign […]

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2021 REVIEW: MOST READ POSTS ON BOOMERPDX

December 31, 2021 by

The 2021 review shows 14,941 readers visited here for 19,549 ‘views.’ It’s the second highest number of visitors after a decade of writing on BoomerPDX. While big-time bloggers see these numbers as a good afternoon of traffic instead of a year, I’m still tickled to reach anyone anywhere. The only disappointment in the 2021 review […]

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OVER EMPATHETIC? YOU MIGHT BE A BOOMER, OR BOOMER RAISED

November 24, 2021 by

Empathetic, or over empathetic? Save the whales, or save the oceans? Boomers raised their kids with more awareness than any generation before or since. At least that’s what the narcissists in the group claim. They alone have persevered through the murky swamp we all sprang from Boomers build this world by themselves? Or, boomers are […]

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