If the romance train has ever stopped at your station, and you got on, these are familiar tracks. However, if it hasn’t stopped, and you can’t tell the difference between the local, the express, or the out of town train, please continue. Have your tickets ready.
AMERICAN LETTERS FROM THERE
October 13, 2023 by
My American letters began sixty-eight years ago. But that wasn’t nearly old enough. So I pulled a college history degree, American History with an emphasis in NW History including seminars on the Origins of WWI, and post-WWII Germany. Was I intrigued, or just taking classes that fit my time frame? Both. And it still […]
AMERICAN SOUL SEARCHING CONTINUES
September 30, 2023 by
The American soul is elusive. One time it’s here, the next time it’s there. More than one searcher has found it, only to discover what others have: “They are wrong.”
LOVE WORKING, AND OTHER MYTHS
September 24, 2023 by
Love working? Go ahead and love it up. Explain how anyone loves working makes you sound like you’ve never had a job. Have you? Did you love it? Here’s a view from coast to coast:
LOVE DOING YOUR BEST WORK
September 22, 2023 by
If you don’t love doing your work as much as this guy, you may have the wrong job. Your best work deserves your best effort. Bring it with a winning attitude, a big smile, and over the top preparation. Or any combination of the three. You can’t reach your full potential if you don’t love […]
BOOMER SLUR? WATCH YOUR MOUTH
September 2, 2023 by
The baby boomer slur comes from younger people. It goes like this: “You sound just like a Boomer.” Yeah, we get it. Just like a boomer. So I did the research, the hard work, the deep dive. In other words, I watched the opening to Saving Private Ryan.
LIFE GOALS: CLIMB THE LADDER, WANDER AROUND, OR BOTH
August 20, 2023 by
Life goals bring everything into focus the way the right rug ties a room together. It starts with a list of things to accomplish by a certain year and an ambitious plan for doing it. There’s the calendar with each day, week, month, year, with room to pencil in your progress. And you are progressing, […]
FART AROUND LIKE KURT VONNEGUT, IT’S GOOD FOR YOU
August 4, 2023 by
Fart around like you mean it: Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope: “Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. “You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?“ And so I pretend not to hear her.
GOOD READERS 2023 TOP TEN POSTS, SO FAR
May 27, 2023 by
Good readers decide what makes the Top 10 on boomerpdx. But are they actual readers or casual scrollers seeking something based on a headline? Which are you? What makes you stop and stick around on any blog? Let’s do a test beginning with a question:
LIFE CYCLE WITH LOVE
April 6, 2023 by
This life cycle image showed up recently. It’s probably been around. Who hasn’t been around. If you’re a baby boomer, I’m looking at you.
