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TRENDING ON BOOMERPDX

The Show Goes On. The overnight numbers show Macular Degeneration In Portland with the most reads, which is quite a coincidence since I just spent a morning with my mother in law getting a treatment for her macular degeneration. The treatment is an exam, then a needle in the eye. And it’s helpful…after a day […]

A SMALL PANEL FOR THE FULL COURT PRESS

Willamette Writers Heard The Word. What’s it take to get writers out of their rooms, to get them to interact with people beyond their circle of usual suspects? A Willamette Writers meeting does it every time. Cookies, coffee, and the Old Church make an enticing lure in downtown Portland. Who wouldn’t go? WW pulls membership […]

BIG FROG MILLENNIALS FOR THE FUTURE

Special events have one thing in common: they’re special. The only problem is remembering how special. Sure you’ve got pictures to break out. Nothing refreshes memory like images. Video is even better. But what drives things deeper into meaning is talking about it. “Remember the time when…?” We’ve all heard stories that began that way. […]

THEY’RE HERS AND SHE KEPT THEM

Laura Ross-Paul launched a book in downtown Portland last night, not just any book. In an event at the Froelick Gallery she read a passage from “THEY’RE MINE AND I’M KEEPING THEM, How freezing my breast saved my breast.” This was a woman in victory after the hard work of fighting breast cancer. It was […]

ALIENATED BOOMERS VS MODERN HIPPIE

Take a good look at the next Millennial hippie. A twenty-something in tie dye, hygiene averse, stands next to their custom made bicycle at a happening brew pub. This isn’t a Halloween costume, it’s their outfit of choice. Call it lifestyle for lack of a better term. Just don’t call it throwback. Their choice of […]

RON BOHART AND THE MAJESTY OF KITES

The Kite As Canvas, The Sky As Studio. Say the word kite and what image comes to mind? Add paper, wood, and string in the right measure and you’ve got a kite. Or do you? More than a hobby, or something for a nice day, the kite carries as much history as you can tie […]

FOR THE LOVE OF PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

A Haters’ Review. The love/hate relationship with sports comes into full blossom when a player leaves a team. Some leave with remorse, some leave with bitterness. All agree it’s part of the business. So what’s it about Portland that leaves such a bad feeling in some players? Why do some NBA guys take a shot […]

THE GOOD LISTENER, A BABY BOOMER TRAIT

Making The Effort To Show You Care. Sometimes you come across a great notion and wonder if anyone else notices what you noticed. Notions are trickstery like that. What you see in your mind is all that matters. Does it matter? The mattering starts when you write it out, when you lay it down for […]

SPEAKING TO THE ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP

Yes, you. You know who you are. The idea of wild life for Baby Boomers? The older the whole groups gets, the more the definition changes. You get that when 10,000 Boomers a day hit retirement age. When grandchildren start flipping though photo albums and see what you used to look like, try not to […]

3 DATING TIPS FOR MILLENNIALS FROM BOOMERPDX

Another Case Of Helicopter Parenting, Or Planning For A Better Future? The older the Baby Boomer, the more they realize fragile life. More than that, they realize how fragile relationships are. How fragile? More delicate than an antique Haviland Le Bresil tea cup. That fragile. Drop one of those babies and feel instant regret. “$510? You […]