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NO FRIENDS? SOUNDS LIKE A SAFE LIFE

March 27, 2022 by

During ‘my research’ I came across this gem: “If you have no friends you’ll probably never get Covid19.” This isn’t the sort of research that leads to cockeyed ideas on how to treat Covid once you get it. My research is different than people who say they’re ‘doing research’ but who don’t understand what research […]

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2021 REVIEW: MOST READ POSTS ON BOOMERPDX

December 31, 2021 by

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 […]

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PARENTAL ADVICE FROM THE HISTORY OF ALL PARENTAL ADVICE

December 21, 2021 by

Parental advice is best served as a hand-me-down plate. That is, tell your kids what your parents told you so they’ll know what to tell their kids. Sound complicated? It’s not. Instead, it is listening, listening and understanding. It goes like this:

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IMPAIRED JUDGMENT WITH STRESS HIGHLIGHTS

December 11, 2021 by

Do you have impaired judgment? If you are a highly judgmental person, are you a good judge? Either way there’s a prize waiting for both: stress induced health problems. No one’s got time that.

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SATISFACTION: NOT ENOUGH, NEVER ENOUGH, CAN’T GET NO?

November 30, 2021 by

That moment of satisfaction where you relax, count your blessings, and reflect on what just happened? It’s a project just finished, a trip out of town, a night with the kids. You didn’t look for it, but you found some of that satisfaction. Maybe you didn’t recognize it at first. Or ever have. Now you […]

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GROWING UP: THINGS TO DO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

November 17, 2021 by

Growing up too fast in not a good thing. Neither is a prolonged childhood, Peter Pan. But there are thresholds along the way, things to wait on as well as things to accomplish as soon as possible. Twitter asked a question: “Why would you wait to get a covid vaccine during a pandemic?” It made […]

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GOOD MEDICINE FOR HARD TIMES

November 10, 2021 by

Good medicine comes in many flavors. When it works the way it’s supposed to, the struggle to deliver is worthwhile. However, the struggle to deliver is never ends. Everyone has feelings about good medicine, starting with, “Is it good enough?”

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FRIDA KAHLO PAINTS PORTLAND IN DARK RAIN

October 22, 2021 by

Frida Kahlo came to Portland disguised as Vanessa Severo. Or was it the other way around? Either way, I met them when they both showed up at Portland Center Stage At The Armory and crowded the stage with characters.

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ABANDONED PLACES WHERE COMMON SENSE USED TO BE

September 27, 2021 by

Abandoned places can be literal or figurative. The first is an old log cabin in the woods rotting into the ground; the other is the hollow spot in your chest where a heart use to be. Why a heart? Because I’ve had recent experience with that hollow spot. With regard to emotions, ignore them long […]

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HEALTH REMINDER: USE YOUR HEAD

August 25, 2021 by

This health reminder comes with a little band-aide. It’s the white spot on the right. “You need to get that mole checked out.” “It’s fine.” “Just to be sure, get it checked out.” I used my head and got it checked out. What’s the big deal with keeping up with good health practices?

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