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DR. LIDIA YUKNAVITCH GOES TO CHURCH

December 5, 2015 by

Lidia Yuknavitch spoke to Willamette Writers at the Old Church. All three are resting well. New rule: All posts start with a theme song reflecting the topic at hand. This one starts on the second verse. New rule #2: Click the Lidia link. Here it is. Little Feat’s Willin’ via lyricsmode.com: “I’ve been kicked by […]

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OREGON BABY BOOMER GRAY STREAK

December 3, 2015 by

Oregon baby boomer hopes for more in the home state. In Oregon it’s more blue sky and sunshine. More days of unexpected kindness. More reasons to trust. When it feels like your state, not just a current address, you need more goodness just to break even. And that’s if you’re lucky. Live in Oregon long […]

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BOOMER STRIP CLUB FAIL

December 1, 2015 by

New parents find new friends for their kids. Boomer strip club daddy is one to avoid. So there you are, on a play date with kids and wives and dads. I was one of the dads. It’s all going so well. No one is throwing toys, no one is bleeding or crying. At least not […]

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MARRIAGE COUNSELING MATTERS

November 13, 2015 by

Who can explain a thirty year marriage. One woman? One man? Thirty years? And no one talks about it. No one wants to talk about it when Time Magazine asks if monogamy is dead. That’s part or the deal, or at least part of what I understood when I took the vow. Took the vow. […]

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BOOMER HUMP GYM

November 10, 2015 by

If you’ve hit the gym a few years you won’t notice the Boomer Hump Gym. If you’ve just started, stay started with grown men wearing pedal pushers, women in pantyhose/ ‘yoga’ pants. Choose your attire. Have fun. It’s two Olympic looking lifting partners spotting each other with hands on safety at low weight. Get the […]

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BABY BOOMER DEATH MARCH

November 3, 2015 by

What Happens When That Music Starts? From the Washington Post: “In January, the CDC reported that an average of six people die every day because of alcohol poisoning and that 76 percent are ages 35 to 64. Three-quarters are men.” That party bus of life shifted gears when we weren’t looking. The baby boomer mantra […]

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BABY BOOMER GOLDEN YEARS

November 2, 2015 by

In spite of laying the best of plans for a comfy retirement, things happen. Things go right, go wrong, and your plans change. Maybe you’ve had someone do your forecast for living a good life and it felt pretty good. Ask them to do a series of forecasts. One for you and your wife. One […]

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MODERN OREGON FOR EVERYONE

October 26, 2015 by

Move Here And You Won’t Miss Where You Came From. Oregon For Everyone. Oregon is more than Portland, much more, so much more that people who’ve lived here all their lives haven’t seen it all. There’s that much going on, too much really. Visitors have no chance of experiencing the Oregon-ness of Oregon, but they’ll […]

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ONE LOVE STORY

October 23, 2015 by

It Started Like Love Story, Then Everyone Said They Were Sorry. A nice man and nice lady met and became a nice couple. When they got married they were nice newly weds. They were nice parents when they had kids. A great family in the making, then things changed. One of the parents needed more, […]

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BACK TO THE FUTURE AT 60

October 21, 2015 by

Back To The Future Or How’d You Know It Would Turn Out Like This? By 1985 the oldest baby boomers were around 40 years old. They were old hippies by then, or peppy preppies if they cut their hair and learned how to trade bonds. Yes the boomer generation was settling in quite nicely toward […]

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