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AGING PARENTS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW

October 23, 2022 by

Aging parents get old fast. One day they’re skiing black diamonds on Mt. Hood, wind surfing the Columbia River, or hang gliding off sand dunes in Pacific City. The next day you’re blending up a hamburger because they can’t eat solid food. Is that how it works? Not for everyone.

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BOOMERTOPIA: A MILLENIAL GUIDE TO LIVING IN A BABY BOOMER WORLD WITHOUT COMPLAINING

January 3, 2020 by

This is the sort of anti boomertopia food boomers had to look forward to. If this is what got rolled out for special guests, what would you guess we ate the rest of the time?

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LIFE STAGES WITH ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS

April 3, 2018 by

    Instead of death and dying, use the same grief progression for living and life stages. It fits just as well, after all no one said life was easy. Sometimes living is a downer until we find something to live for.   Life stages go beyond the chronographic scale, like the Terrible Twenties, the […]

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KA-BAR TO THE RESCUE AGAINST BEARS AND OTHERS

February 7, 2018 by

  One of the benefits of being an Armed Forces veteran from the mid-70’s is the ability to relate to other veterans, to show respect for their service today.   History is full of great moments of grace and dignity, pomp and circumstance, but veteran to veteran isn’t about a parade, or acknowledgement.   Getting […]

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Neck Cancer And Alcohol Consumption: U.S. vs Belarus

November 9, 2017 by

  Neck cancer? In Belarus? Bela-where? Either check a map or be satisfied that Belarus is an eastern european country that used to be part of the Soviet Union.   And they drink. A lot. Belarus scores #1 on Market Watch’s survey of ten drunkest nations on earth. #2 is Republic of Moldova, #3 Lithuania, […]

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THE BOOMERS’ BIGGEST BURDEN

June 16, 2014 by

(one version of this post appears on oregonlive.com.) News about one generation or another usually explains what is wrong. Bad news has a reputation. Good news? Who wants to hear about someone doing better than you? Seniors being preyed on by unscrupulous contractors or relatives is always news. So are young people trying to create […]

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