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TO MY DEAR READER, FROM A BLOG

April 18, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Dear reader is plural, but writers are told to focus on just one person, and since I’m the writer around here . . . Hopefully it’s a focus on the right reader? The last thing I need is learning how my posts led a reader astray. From me to you: DO NOT GO ASTRAY. DON’T […]

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YOUNG DUDES WHO VOTE?

September 23, 2024 by

Young dudes who talk about voting have a look. Some wear a suit and tie, an expression like they’re looking at the sun, and get their hair cut high and tight like the special force they feel a part of. You’ve seen them in pictures, on camera, looking fierce. Maybe they are fierce? Incel fierce?

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WRITING TIME QUESTION: WHAT’S THE POINT?

March 1, 2024 by

Writing time is running out? Now you tell me. But I don’t agree, or believe it. My writing time will run out one day, but that doesn’t  let anyone else off the hook. Unless you’re dead. Then maybe.

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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION USES GOOD MANNERS

November 8, 2023 by

Manners matter, good manners, if your aim is for effective communication. Steady eye contact and active listening nods and acknowledgment are part of the deal, but don’t stare unblinking like a psycho. Also, “Yup, yup, yup,” and “okay, okay, okay,” are not examples of active listening. Unless you do it ironically, but only if you’re […]

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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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LEAVING PORTLAND ON NEWSBREAK.COM? OKAY, BOOMER

April 10, 2023 by

Leaving Portland is nothing new. People decide to move on and that’s what they do. No hard feeling? Unless you click on Newsbreak.

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VACATION BLOGGER AVAILABLE FOR ASSIGNMENT

March 25, 2023 by

I know one vacation blogger who dedicates time to review where they are. And I’m available. If you’re someone who needs an extra boost in your property, your business, your town or city, who’re you gonna call? Oahu and Kauai for two and a half weeks and seventeen posts averaging 750 words? Who wouldn’t want […]

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HAWAIIAN REVIEW WITH ONE MORE WAKE UP

March 24, 2023 by

This Hawaiian review includes Puff The Magic Dragon. Every baby boomer born, and those who self-identify as baby boomers, knows Puff. Puff the Magic Dragon slumbers at Hanalei Bay in the mountain profiles framing Hanalei Bay. It’s said to be only a coincidence that Peter, Paul and Mary mentioned a dragon in a land called […]

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READING OUT 2022: TOP POSTS ON BOOMERPDX

December 31, 2022 by

Reading out 82nd Ave in Portland Oregon leads the list. Instead of looking like a tired stretch of New Jersey road with Bruce Springsteen sitting on his daddy’s lap as he steered through town, 82nd was a magical fairly tale in 2022. Did I mention magical? I called it Dream Street. That’s what it was […]

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