Without The Usual Weight Swing Do you have an event in your city you used to go to? You probably stopped going when your kids got old enough to go on their own. Now what? That is the baby boomer question, “What do we do now?”
Duck Chopping Block
June 26, 2013 by
Axes Always Look Bigger In The Air Says NW Boomer Will the NCAA finally explain the evils of Chip Kelly? All the man did was put Eugene on the recruiting trail. What he didn’t do was learn to wipe off fingerprints along the way. Maybe it’s excusable for a New Hampshire guy who’s never worried about […]
Museum Boomer, pt 2
June 24, 2013 by
Is There Ever Enough Stuff To Go Find? Stuff with unexpected strings came from a deceased man’s house. A museum curator reviewed an inventory of stuff in the house and made a small list. The recent death gave the job a sense of urgency to get in and get out, but also called for more […]
Live Well On Less?
June 22, 2013 by
Boomers, Go Gingham Style The beauty of the blogosphere is finding good ideas and making them better. Sometimes an idea is too good. Go Gingham is one of them. If you’ve ever hyperventilated in Nordstroms and wondered why, or felt disturbed after you noticed everything in big-box stores come from China, you need a new style. Think of it as going off the ‘mass-consumer’ […]
LeBron’s Fuel Headband
June 20, 2013 by
Tomorrow Is Here Today. In Oregon, Nike stands tall. It is the top one of two Fortune 500 companies in the state. As the richest apparel company on the entire list of five hundred, Nike continues to raise the bar and jump over it. Call it the Fosbury Flop of marketing genius and sports innovation. How else can you […]
Boomer College Sandwich
June 18, 2013 by
With The Grads On Both Sides My Dad graduated from college in 1960. With three kids in tow and working full time. His plan was a career in the Marine Corps like his younger brother did. My Mom had other plans. He took five years to finish his BS in General Studies, and made it sound […]
Sutton Sorensen Rides
June 18, 2013 by
From Kung Fu Bakery To Nashville Do you have friends online? Subscribe to their blogs? Listen to their Sound Cloud? Or you say you do then delete the email on delivery. Who would know if you read and listened to everything, or not? At least you subscribed and made that effort. But what do you […]
Joey Part Two
June 13, 2013 by
How Harrington Keeps Winning First, he’s smart. Joey Harrington’s NFL education included classes in Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, and New Orleans. Eight years in the grinder of pro ball is long enough to qualify him for every NFL pension plan on the books. He passed that test. He’s no baby boomer, but every boomer in America wants that […]
Portland, A Safe Boomer City
June 12, 2013 by
The Difference Is The Steel A big measure of safety in a city comes in a crime report. Or a weather channel. Or a geological survey. NW Boomer looks at the built environment. One part keeps you safe inside, another gets you safely outside. It’s not the same as cast iron architecture. Take a look and […]
The Boomer Roomer
June 12, 2013 by
You see yourself as a caring baby boomer? If you live in Portland, Oregon, add a twist to keep it weird enough to fit in. Your kids are grown, maybe moved out. Your parents haven’t moved in with you and you haven’t moved in with them. Call it living the dream with your wife, husband, […]
