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DON’T BE A BABY, BOOMER, JUST JUMP THE FENCE

July 28, 2014 by

Age, like real estate, is about location, location, location. The beauty of Portland, Oregon is its proximity to the outdoors, great and otherwise. We’re not talking about the coast or the mountains an hour away. It’s Forest Park, and the walk starts under the Thurman Street Bridge. When you take someone on a hike from […]

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SUMMERTIME AND THE TEACHERS RECHARGE

July 25, 2014 by

On the surface a teaching gig looks like a cakewalk. From the classroom, to the teachers’ lounge, the time off, it makes people jealous, as if they could do the job. Here’s a message to the good people who went to school in classrooms with teachers, but aren’t teachers themselves. (Before continuing, this blogger is […]

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SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL. OR JUST DRUGS

July 24, 2014 by

How To Live Next To A Heroin House. A move to the suburbs in most cities means a move away from drugs and crime. Not Portland, Oregon. My inner eastside apartment was too dangerous for a young family. Houses had metal barred windows and bad yards. The juice was never changing. It was a bad […]

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BETTER BUSINESS EVOLUTION

July 21, 2014 by

Every species knows the rules of evolution, or at least abides by them. The fossil record is full of proof, studied or not. Adapt or perish. Do the same rules apply to business? Consider the world economy. Industries didn’t move to China for the clean air and sparkling water. They moved for the favorable labor […]

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METH: THE MESSAGE, THE MESSENGER, AND FITNESS

July 20, 2014 by

Breaking Bad Goes Good? What’s the first thing to consider when you meet someone in tremendous shape? Good diet and workout? Steroids? Human growth hormones? Meth? That last one is a sticker. Who says meth is a health supplement? Any hands? No? Ok, meth is not a fitness supplement. Meth is a soul robbing drug […]

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BOOMERITIS, OR WHY DOES IT HURT WHEN I DO THIS?

July 17, 2014 by

The Longer You Let Yourself Go, The Longer The Trail Back. One doctor joke goes like this: “It hurts when I raise my arm.” Doc says, “Don’t raise your arm.” It’s as funny the first time as it is the last, if you don’t have arm pain. Most of us have pain from one thing […]

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THE PEACOCK KILLERS OF PALOS VERDES

July 16, 2014 by

Whether up-sizing, down-sizing, or just changing your view, moving to a new place means making adjustments. If the dream is living off-the-grid in a self-sustaining manner, do you turn your version of rural heaven into a suburban subdivision? Bringing old habits to a new environment isn’t a recipe for change. Do that and you might […]

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HAES AND THE NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR

July 14, 2014 by

What is HAES? So glad you asked. Health at Every Size might sound like a New Age phenomena, but it’s not. It started in the baby boomer days of the 1960’s. If you missed it between Save The Trees and Save The Earth, others didn’t. People have always come in all sizes, however shaming is […]

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STEPHEN GASKIN: THE HIPPIE KING EXITS FARM

July 3, 2014 by

Believe in something or someone enough and you’ll follow them to the ends of the earth. Those following Stephen Gaskin to the ends of the earth found it in Tennessee. Gaskin’s death at age 79 explains much about the counter-culture of the Sixties in general and hippies in particular. A mobile society means moving away […]

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STOP SMOKING, BUT HOW?

July 2, 2014 by

If nothing else, Baby Boomers seek one-of-a-kind, original, experiences. No off the shelf gear for this picky group. No out-of-the-box baloney for them. They want something delivered in goods and services that means more to them than anyone else. Boomers invented the personal computer, and we customize them to fit out unique view. Boomers didn’t […]

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