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BOOMER AND THE BOMB

August 5, 2015 by

Every August Brings The Atomic Winds Of The Bomb Howling Out Of History. History is more than binge watching the Hitler Channel with a few War In The Pacific shows tossed in for balance. If history is your passion, but you aren’t a history major with an advanced degree, your opinion still matters. Every August […]

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BOOMER COACHES LITTLE LEAGUE?

July 29, 2015 by

When The Big Time Is Right Where You Are. The interesting news you hear from kid sports is usually about parents. And it’s not good news. Reading about someone going berserk at a youth sport game is your chance to say, “I’d never do that,” and you’re probably right. But you never know what you […]

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HOW HARD? BOOMER HARD

July 27, 2015 by

Growing Up During Baby Boomer Years Made You Hard. The last thing you want to be called is soft. Soft in the head, soft in the gut, soft arms. Part of living a sedentary life, not a lazy life but not active, is how it leaves a body. Soft. Soft and lumpy after too many […]

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BOOMER FUTURE, WITH BELLS

July 27, 2015 by

Paolo Soleri Sets The Stage With A Desert Vision Of Boomer Future. It might be a Star Wars set, a home on a distant planet, but it’s not. Instead you see the cement/earthen buildings of Cosanti in Arizona. Some of you might mistake Arizona for a distant planet, and you wouldn’t be far off. With […]

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BOOMER SUMMER SKIN CARE

June 25, 2015 by

Higher Temperatures Call For Baby Boomer Summer Skin Care. Skin is a living organ. It’s stuff that continually regenerates itself. If that’s hard to believe, scratch your arm over something dark. Look, you’re exfoliating and didn’t even know it. New skin sounds pretty good, like no maintenance. Baby boomers know better. We’ve been outside in […]

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ADULT RESIDENT HUNTER, 1975

June 19, 2015 by

From The Concrete Jungles Of Philadelphia To Central PA Forests: Why I Joined Adult Resident Hunters. Some people grow up hunting deer. I grew up around people who grew up hunting deer so it’s the same thing. Or close enough, and here’s why: Today, video games allow us to steal cars, commit war crimes in […]

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BABY BOOMER LOVE: AFTER THE FIRE

June 18, 2015 by

Don’t Burn Baby Boomer Love Letters, Review Them On BoomerPdx. From The BoomerPdx Archive: “I think at the age 27-29 is when you first really feel a ‘generation gap’ or are actually aware of the one’s below you. Naturally that means the ones above you are pushed into another level also. Do me a favor. […]

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BOOMER ENTREPRENEUR: GOOD IDEA?

June 13, 2015 by

Our newspaper of record, the Oregonian/oregonlive.com, broke the boomer news. Baby Boomers too young to retire and too old to hire embrace what they’ve always embraced: Themselves. Can’t believe it? The book ‘I’M OK, YOU’RE OK’ started out with a working title of ‘I’M OK, I’M OK, I’M STILL OK, OK?’ The ME GENERATION reminds […]

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BOOMERPDX COOKING TIPS

June 4, 2015 by

From Foodie To Finish, Cooking Tips for Boomers. Everyone’s done this: You sit down to eat and the plate looks so beautiful you take a picture and post it. You want to share the perfection if not the calories. None of pictures look the same, but they all look delicious. That’s only part of the […]

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BOOMER TRAVEL: GO IT ALONE?

June 2, 2015 by

The Benefits Of Single Boomer Travel Are Many, Even If You’re Married? Good reasons to travel as a couple include shared experience above all. There’s a bond that occurs between a husband and wife traveling together. Pictures and video don’t tell the story. Neither does a diary or a narrative recounting. The glee and spirit […]

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