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AWARD WINNING TAKES PRACTICE

If you’ve never had an award winning experience, keep reading. After all of the training and expectations and worry you somehow win. What happens next? Disbelief. How did it happens? You know but still don’t believe it. Then it’s on to the next thing, the next big deal, but the feeling remains:

MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRIENDS

Making friends is as easy as stepping out your front door. Odds are good that someone will walk by from somewhere else. It’s up to you to break the ice. Or maybe you’re out walking around and have a conversation with a stranger that seems more like a friend you just met. The important thing […]

GENERATIONAL AMBITIONS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

What generational ambitions do you remember? Our parents wanted us to have a better life than them? Our kids want a better life for their kids? But what about you, Boomer?

WARNING SIGNS TO WOMEN LOOKING FOR RED FLAGS

Warning signs for women come in all shapes and sizes from stop signs to rip tide signs to the groovy ‘What’s your sign’ guy. Some of the signs are lifestyle related, like the above picture. Would you guess this is how women interpret how guys would live without them, or some guy’s dream house. Either […]

HIGHER EDUCATION MORE AFFORDABLE OVERSEAS?

Higher education has never been more affordable according to the spam on boomerpdx. My special knowledge spam comes with a twist of learning. I knew writing about college would sink in somewhere, just not here:

CLEAN SLATE? IT’S NOT TOO LATE

The clean slate, the fresh start, is possible every day. Start over, begin again, it happens every day. That’s a picture from the night I met The Schonz. He was a sassy old bird with a firm grip. He gave me a clean slate for any other famous Portlander I might meet.

PUBLIC BLOG, PRIVATE READERS

Dear Friends, I’ve come to realize that writing a public blog is a time hog. According to an expert (wife), it’s not normal. And I don’t disagree. But I like it. Sound familiar?

DANGEROUS COMBINATIONS TO BE WARY OF

Dangerous  combinations  come in every variety in all walks of life. In baseball it’s a fastball followed by an off-speed pitch for a third strike. For boxing it’s a left jab followed by a right cross for a knockout. In football it’s a running play followed by a pass. But, what about the non-sporty stuff? […]

MUSEUM LIBRARY, LIBRARY MUSEUM

A museum library is a two for one deal. Go to the museum, check out the library. Someone always gets a surprise. What’s the surprise?

WHY WRITING IS BETTER THAN THE REST

Why writing? That’s the question. Why not paining, sculpting, singing, playing an instrument, and any other creative outlet? Writing is simple, like running. One takes a pen and paper, a phone, a tablet, lap top, or anything else that contains and conveys words, and lays them down. For running it’s a pair of shoes. If […]