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THE BIGGER WORLD AT YOUR DOORSTEP

With the question in my last post answered so soundly, I think I’m on a roll to solve problems, shed light in the darkness, and make the world a better place for others to roam freely.
Just between us, how does this work? My wife.
Marry the right woman and the clouds part, the sun shines, and path forward is clear.
That path led to the Bethlehem House Of Bread.
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WRITING TIME CHALLENGE TO PITY BOOMERPDX

Non-writers will never understand writing time, which I get.
Who sits down daily, or any time, to tap out sentence after sentence.
One day? Maybe. Once in a while? A few times a week? Sure, go entertain yourself.
But why get all weird and drag it on for, let me check, drag it on since 2012?
Now I need your help. This is an ask:
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SOUND JUDGEMENT? THE SIGNS

Sound of mind and body is one thing, sound judgement another.
Starting with sound:
Free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension?
We try, but nooooo.
Exhibiting or based on thorough knowledge and experience?
I like this, but nooo.
This is more like it:

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OLD PORTLAND, NEW PORTLAND, TODAY PORTLAND WITH MARK ROTHKO

This is a scene of old Portland, a painting by Mark Rothko, hanging in new Portland.
A single bridge, a barren Eastside, a cloudy sky.
Yep, looks like Portland.
Here’s how I know:

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WORKING WITH ART WORKS TO HELP DAVID HOCKNEY WORK BETTER

‘Meet me at the art museum’ is a sure way to discover how art works, starting with the installation.
Don’t have time for a trip to downtown Portland?
Leave it to boomerpdx to fill in the frame.
Sometimes the art work delivers in mysterious ways.
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Wellness Luxury: Feeling Good For Doing Good Again

To do good you don’t have to feel good. If you do it’s a wellness luxury, an expression I just made up. Google wellness luxury. This isn’t that sort of post.   Take mental health for example. Nothing makes any difference to you? No one cares about you? Feeling earful about the future? Feeling sad […]

TREATING CANCER WITH A POLYFACE FARMS MODALITY

Treating cancer like Polyface Farms. The best results save the land and the person. Machiavelli said the end justifies the means. But only if the end shares a happy ending? A happy ending in cancer is a cured patient. I’m not looking for a ‘successful surgery but lost the patient’ deal.

Neck Cancer … What Is It Good For … Absolutely Nothing

A reader left a comment recently that moved me to respond in a universal way.   Hey Patrick,   Thanks for coming over to boomerpdx. A quick question: How did you find me and this topic. I write about it a lot, but not too many show up in comments like you. I’m glad you’ll […]

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BOOMERPDX ‘TRUE OR FALSE’ ON FOOTBALL

Any excuse to avoid something is good enough at some ages. So is any reason to do something. Which has the stronger pull? The following are a series of questions to ask yourself about high school football. Though they are true or false in nature, there is no right or wrong. You will be graded […]

A BOOK NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO WRITE

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 […]

WHEN FOREVER YOUNG GOT OLD

Bob Dylan Knows The Drill   Few poems and song lyrics speak to the baby boomer generation better than Dylan. People listened to his early work and it changed their lives. Why should it stop? Because his later work doesn’t compare to the early days? If that’s the best you’ve got, spin the old vinyl […]

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NW Boomer Travel, pt.1

The Oregon Alps If you look back at Portland from LaGrande, the miles pile up. But you’re not done. You can’t drive to the Swiss Alps on Interstate 84, but the Oregon Alps are a tank of gasoline away. Look for highway 82 and read the signs to Joseph.

NYC SUBWAY CHRISTMAS FAIL

Overheard in the mall. “One Christmas fail made me frightened to ride the subway.” I borrowed a suit from a friend, sky blue, for the office Christmas party that turned into the biggest Christmas fail. The only reason it doesn’t count is I wasn’t married or had kids or lived at home. It was me […]

PORTLAND’S BOOMER CASTLE ON BROADWAY

You don’t have to go to France to feel the grandeur of a beautiful room. Or a cathedral in Spain for the ornate. Walk into the Benson Hotel on Broadway for the same feeling of WOW. The size is different, but the details are wonderful. For an Old World taste in the New World, this […]

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