At some point every generation can take credit for breaking America. The pinata of democracy is strong enough to take a few whacks. It helps that those swinging the stick are usually too old to do much damage, but watching them still hurts. Steven Brill explains it all for baby boomers, […]
Two Shades Of Boomer Travel
March 13, 2018 by
Even when you go someplace you’ve never been, you’ll find shades of familiar. It takes a special place, one filled with its own internal music, to make everything old feel new again. The band in my brain cranked up in Barcelona, Spain when I saw the Gaudi church, La Sagrada Família. […]
A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY
January 27, 2018 by
North Bend Oregon High School, class of 1973. What’s so special? Like later generations staking their claims to, ‘the first digital generation’ or ‘the first paperless generation’ or ‘the first generation raised on video games,’ the generational niche of 1973 is ‘the first modern generation.’ Born of the roaring ’50’s with TV dinners […]
AMERICAN EDUCATION STARTS WITH THE FIRST WORD
December 15, 2017 by
American education teaches and American education does some learning too, as in we learn how to teach. Isn’t that the happy ending education promises? Learn how to treat others as you would have them treat you. Why does that sound so biblical? This is where the separation does neither American public […]
CANCER MEMOIR FROM SMART GUY WITH HPV CANCER, AND IT’S NOT ME
December 3, 2017 by
Michael D. Becker wrote his cancer memoir titled ‘A Walk With Purpose.’ By all accounts he’s lived a life with purpose, so the walking with purpose stuff is expected. He walks with purpose, so do you. So do I. We all walk with purpose. If not we’re just wandering around aimless, without […]
AUTUMN LEAVES, AUTUMN DOGS, BEST TIME OF YEAR
November 15, 2017 by
How often do dogs change my day? Every day. And it’s not always my dog. A walk on a trail, a lady with two frisky hounds, and it’s a lively moment. Just two middle aged people on a hillside in the wilderness. Sharing the wonder of it all. Autumn […]
OLYMPIC YEAR TRAINING FOR ELECTION YEAR
July 15, 2016 by
Why sports and elections both need Olympic Year Training. Every four years the Olympic Games roll around. With the Winter Games and Summer Games broken up, we get the Olympics every two years, but for now let’s use the four year schedule. Besides, it matches better with the American Presidential Election cycle. We’re not talking […]
NO MEAT IN BOOMER WOMEN SANDWICH GENERATION? NOW WHAT?
January 20, 2016 by
Boomer women in the sandwich generation help parents and kids. The parents and kids boomer women stand ready for are their parents, their kids. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work. You know, family. If the kids are in high school and college, they still need help. Right? If mom and dad are living […]
WHO READS A GUN VIOLENCE POST?
January 8, 2016 by
Who writes a gun violence post? Responsible bloggers need to put their niche aside for a moment to address one of the pressing issues of our time. Gun violence. If you do write such a post, and I hope you do, be prepared for a particular reader and a particular comment. If you post a […]
