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2021 REVIEW: MOST READ POSTS ON BOOMERPDX

The 2021 review shows 14,941 readers visited here for 19,549 ‘views.’ It’s the second highest number of visitors after a decade of writing on BoomerPDX. While big-time bloggers see these numbers as a good afternoon of traffic instead of a year, I’m still tickled to reach anyone anywhere. The only disappointment in the 2021 review […]

BOOMER STATUS: WHAT MAKES A TRUE BOOMER

Boomer status, baby boomer that is, is more than a birth date. Technically speaking, anyone born between 1946 through 1964 is a baby boomer, but there’s a big difference between the front end and the back end. Legend has it that virtuous American soldiers and sailors returned from WWII on a magic carpet to resume […]

OVER CONSUMPTION? LET’S BLAME BABY BOOMERS

Over consumption didn’t start January 1, 1946, the dawning of the baby boom generation following WWII. Though not everyone agrees. Let’s call them short sighted for now. Instead, they see a world dominated by big houses and expensive cars. Too big? Too expensive? Not everyone agrees. Where did it start? With my dad, your dad, […]

DOWNSIZING ADVANTAGE? NO MORE HAUNTED HOUSE

The downsizing advantage hardly mentioned is losing a sense of place. And it’s a good thing. Move from the house you raised a family in and the reminders stay. The kids’ rooms, the family room, the office room, the dining room, the kitchen, and everything else, stays. The garage, storage spaces, window covering, decks? They […]

IMPERFECT GOALS? NO ONE SAID YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT

Imperfect goals are a good reason to write, to explain, to instruct. It doesn’t take a licensed teacher with three masters degrees to understand the pressures of perfection. “Do your work the best you can and let it stand” is the right motto for moving forward. The hard part is watching it all get torn […]

CHECKING OUT THEN BEFORE CHECKING BACK IN NOW

Checking out, dropping out, call it what you will, but leave the back door open. Why the back door? Because you may want to check back in and avoid the scrutiny out front. The nice picture above was not taken at an Amish farm last week, or a pioneer homestead in the 1860’s. Nope, none […]

BOOMERPDX HALLOWEEN PARTY GUIDE

A Halloween party is more than chugging a twelve pack and handing out candy. First it’s too much sugar; you know you’ll dip into the candy bowl a few times. If you wear a costume this will happen: Scare little kids so much their parents talk about reporting you; older kids will be frightened into […]

EXTRA EFFORT GOES TO THE TOP

With a little extra effort, an image of the Fox Theater in Portland, Oregon could be an entire universe. I’ve heard stories, read interviews, of famous directors who said movie theaters were their whole world growing up. I saw a movie about a kid whose whole world was the village theater. With a little extra […]

Portland Bird Flip To The Rest Of You

The Portland bird is one thing, the Portland bird flip a whole ‘nother thing. If it’s not this, it’s that for Portland. Close to the mountains, close to the beach, and if the pace of new building is any indicator, close to the new neighbors. Like any city over a certain […]

2021 REVIEW: MOST READ POSTS ON BOOMERPDX

BOOMER STATUS: WHAT MAKES A TRUE BOOMER

OVER CONSUMPTION? LET’S BLAME BABY BOOMERS

DOWNSIZING ADVANTAGE? NO MORE HAUNTED HOUSE

IMPERFECT GOALS? NO ONE SAID YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT

CHECKING OUT THEN BEFORE CHECKING BACK IN NOW

BOOMERPDX HALLOWEEN PARTY GUIDE

EXTRA EFFORT GOES TO THE TOP

Portland Bird Flip To The Rest Of You

F CANCER WALK DOWN PORTLAND SOUTH PARK BLOCKS

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