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Footprint Of Fame

August 9, 2013 by

Excuse Baby Boomers when it comes to fame. They were the first victims of mass hysteria. They saw Elvis and The Beatles on TV and felt the reactions. One day a kid is normal. The next he shows up in Beatle Boots and Beatle Wig. And he’s never the same, bouncing from fad to fad, […]

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Get A Handle On Your Life

August 4, 2013 by

The secret to a tidy life, clean space, and peace of mind comes down to one question. How many times do you handle things? People with newspapers littered all over the place need to pay attention. Got a garage full of excuses, er, treasures too valuable to part with? The easy solution is read the […]

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Boomer Hits The Road

August 1, 2013 by

10 States With The Lowest Overhead According To money.msn.com. Baby Boomers love a good deal. We’ve perfected phrases like, “What do you need to get for that?” It’s embarrassing to others when we go into bargain mode at the Safeway check-out, not so much at a flea market. If everything has a price, then so do […]

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Baby Boomer Music Died In 1973?

July 31, 2013 by

Did it die of natural causes? A new book explains how it happened. It wasn’t the plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper in Iowa. Lynyrd Skynyrd members also crashed without killing music. It wasn’t Bob Dylan plugging a Fender Strat in at the Newport Jazz Festival. Bruce Springsteen didn’t kill anything when […]

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NW Boomer Writing Aptitude Test

July 29, 2013 by

Take The WAT The following questions help you discover a new writer, you. You’ve probably met before. 1.  Complete the sentence, “I write because…” a. it’s cheaper than therapy b. the blank page torments me c. I can’t stop d. I want to learn more about people I invent Correct Answer: You write because no one else […]

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Pic Of The Night

July 28, 2013 by

NW Boomer On Duty At The Portland Brew Festival Baby Boomers need to exercise smart. Take a walk. Do some lifting. Meet new friends.

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Baby Boomers vs Millennials

July 26, 2013 by

Do we baby boomers have pity on younger generations? Are their problems bigger than the obstacles we faced and continue to face? Katerina Rosen thinks so in her Huffington Post article, “Millennial Problems: 7 Issues Boomers Didn’t Deal With.” Issues? Obstacles? Problems? And only seven? We came out of a social upheaval called the Cultural Revolution […]

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Boomers, Choose A New Sport

July 22, 2013 by

If you’ve ever seen an adult league basketball game, then this is familiar territory: Older players show up at the local grade school at night with big bags. Is this for a trip to the gym or a month in Europe? They start unpacking their gear and you can’t figure out what it all is. When they […]

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How To Go Home Again Boomer Style

July 19, 2013 by

NW Boomer, the baby boomer guide, disagrees with Thomas Wolfe. He said, “You can’t go home again,” then wrote a huge book about it. Maybe that works if you come from the east, but not in Oregon. You can’t go home if home means the same thing you left for. Dark bars and empty streets are […]

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BOOMER BBQ SALMON

July 16, 2013 by

A NW Delight This baby boomer blogger likes to eat in season. Is it salmon season? It is on the Copper River. Boomer couples who cook together eat better. And it’s like therapy. Why go to a restaurant when you cook better than the chef? Start with a good chunk of fish.

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