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Baby Boomer Sports Fan

May 4, 2013 by

Boomerpdx Takes The Road Least Traveled On Purpose As a contributing columnist for Oregon Sports News I focus on the world of sports for the most fascinating stories. My research goal is to find the compelling story behind the leading headlines. With that in mind, the news of former PAC12 and NBA player Jason Collins announcing his […]

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BOOMER FOUNDATION

April 23, 2013 by

or, HOW MY EIGHTY SIX YEAR OLD MOTHER IN LAW OUT-WALKS YOU You’ve heard the saying “You can’t know someone until you’ve walked in their shoes.” For Portland baby boomers it might be Birkenstocks with socks, which I like. You walk in their footsteps. Or take their path. What’s it mean?

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BOOMER ON

March 30, 2013 by

YOU KNOW THE SAME FRIENDS AND LIKE THE SAME PLACES Ed, one of the most transcendent of Portland baby boomers, carried the room at a local bar. He whipped out a micro-laptop the way Elvis played guitar and he spun a web connecting the past, present, and future in his perfect boomer business style. The beer in his pint […]

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PORTLAND DOORS

March 23, 2013 by

BOOMERPDX SCOUTS THE CITY FOR BABY BOOMERS On a visit to Portland do what you need to do, then take a walk. There’s no charge for discovering the whimsy and wonder people walk through. When you hear, “Come to the light” make it this one.

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THE DEAD PLAYS BABY BOOMER BY THAT CLOSE

December 24, 2012 by

If you’ve been to a Grateful Dead show, then you know about the long strange trip. If it was a Dead show at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington, it’s longer and stranger. But it was more than a Dead show. It was the Allman Brothers and the Doobie Brothers too. A Boomer-fest, but that’s […]

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King Arthur, The Baby Boomer’s Friend In Need

December 11, 2012 by

If reading tales of kings and queens encourage a child’s imagination, dragging them up the treacherous goat trails of Tintagel Castle makes it real. Who does that? Baby Boomers seeking greater cultural meaning. King Arthur is a good one to focus on. You know the story well enough to sound like an authority. Sword in the […]

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The Baby Boomer Face Of Spain During An Emergency

December 7, 2012 by

Who Do You Call The best way for Baby Boomers to learn a language is living it. My kids did it. My wife did it. Now it’s my turn? Spain seemed like the best place to learn Spanish since that’s the language’s origin, as I’ve been told. But it sounds different in Spain than it […]

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