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A BOOK NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO WRITE

October 11, 2014 by

And Every Parent Should Read. Conner Luby died in a car crash. As I wrote that line in the lobby of a hotel near the Arizona State campus a one year old boy turned the corner before his dad showed up. We both smiled and he wobbled along when his father caught up. The dad […]

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TOO OLD TO RETIRE YOUNG?

September 19, 2014 by

Sixty Is The New Sixty In The Garden. The dream used to be make a million before you’re thirty and retire. You’ve seen these people, these young retirees? They travel, learn new languages, stay in shape. In other words they’re bored to death and need to keep finding challenges before their brains shut down completely. […]

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HIKING BABY BOOMER PORTLAND, pt. 2

September 15, 2014 by

An incredible part of the city is feeling like you’re never far from the woods. There’s always a clearing, a trail to follow. And it feels safe enough to dive right in there. On a Friday I stopped on SW Terwilliger in between appointments. This is the road on the side of the hill below […]

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PORTLAND’S LITERARY AND CULTURAL DISTRICT?

September 11, 2014 by

What Does Google Say? Boston becomes the first city to designate a literary cultural district. Portland can’t be far behind since the choices at the original coin toss to name the city was either Portland, Maine, or Boston. That might not be enough to kick start a lit-district into gear, but just knowing another city […]

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INVITATION FROM PORTLAND: WHAT’S MY NAME?

September 8, 2014 by

An old Russian saying explains it this way: The much loved are called by many names. With that in mind, Portland must be much loved by the number of names it has. Stump Town. Soccer City, USA. River City. Rip City. Rose City. Beervana. Bridge City. And they all fit. Just like weather that changes […]

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HIKING BABY BOOMER PORTLAND, pt 1

September 4, 2014 by

Not one to miss a chance to reflect positively, I strolled Portland’s upper west side from 11th and PSU to the Central Library. It makes sense on the first Tuesday of each month. That’s when Willamette Writers, the largest writing organization in the state, holds its month meeting. I head down early on those days […]

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A MILLENNIAL EAGLE IN THE SKY

August 29, 2014 by

Score For Boomer Music…Again. Wednesday night the Eagles played the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter in Portland, Oregon. Rock Royalty came to town to play the hits from a long career, but they are a different breed than most royals. First off, they’re not English, so they could care less about royalty. The Rolling […]

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A WEEK OF SEARCHING FOR HERE

August 29, 2014 by

What Brought Blog Fans To Boomerpdx? Like tea leaves in a cup, a blogger’s future rests on patterns. Search patterns Instead of Oolong, it’s Google. No credit given, or taken, for spelling.

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BOOMER DENIABILITY: WE DIDN’T LIGHT THE FIRE

August 22, 2014 by

We Know Where The Matches Are Though. Believable generational research relies on strong academic studies, insurance statistics, and the federal census. This triumvirate of detailed minutia creates a colorless picture of the past. Instead of men in grey flannel suits, it looks like grey men in flannel, lines of them. Baby Boomer research is the […]

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REJECTING THE MODERN MARKET, A BOOMER TRIUMPH

August 4, 2014 by

Feeling The Weight Of Years Everywhere. A fifty year old has earned the right to a few groans and moans in the morning. When a sixty eight year old takes a knee during a softball game, don’t be surprised. These are the boomer years my friends, with birthdays between 1946 and 1964. While we celebrate […]

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