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Joey Part Two

June 13, 2013 by

How Harrington Keeps Winning First, he’s smart. Joey Harrington’s NFL education included classes in Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, and New Orleans. Eight years in the grinder of pro ball is long enough to qualify him for every NFL pension plan on the books. He passed that test. He’s no baby boomer, but every boomer in America wants that […]

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Boomer House

June 7, 2013 by

First Published On Boomercafe.com (click on over)   Memo to young families: Pay attention to other parents as the years pass. You’ll see them again. My kids are in their twenties now, but for one pre-school birthday we invited kids and moms from the class. I was too busy on the ‘entertainment’ side and didn’t notice the adults. Working […]

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The Last Word

May 28, 2013 by

You Can’t Erase A Carved Stone Coming out of the closet is one thing, but leaving an inscription on your gravestone seems to leave no doubt. Do the people he served with visit his grave? Do those in his unit who know what he did hold him in high regard? They should. Gay or straight, […]

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New Sports Hall Of Fame

May 22, 2013 by

Where Enshrinement Means More You’ve watched award shows. The ceremony is reported on television, radio, and newspapers. It’s a big party. The great men and women stride to a podium to give thanks and encouragement. If they have a presenter introducing them, they give a hug, a bro-hug, or handshake. They usually mention people who helped […]

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NBA Brewing In Seattle

May 14, 2013 by

 Order Up For A Kings’ Size Mocha Extra Hot The Portland Trail Blazers sit wedged between two warring NBA cities. Make that one NBA city warring with Seattle for courting their team. Sound familiar? You’ve got to feel for them both. No city wants an identity as a stepping-stone, or ignorant rube, but that’s what happened when […]

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Baby Boomer Love

April 28, 2013 by

Is It Love Or Another Cramp To Stretch Out Once you take a subject like baby boomers, and you are one, topics change faster than sunlight reflecting off wet tie-dye. The huge range of experience between those born from 1946 to 1964 makes common ground more uncertain. One universal feeling rises to the top. Love. From Bo Diddley asking […]

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BOOMER FOUNDATION

April 23, 2013 by

or, HOW MY EIGHTY SIX YEAR OLD MOTHER IN LAW OUT-WALKS YOU You’ve heard the saying “You can’t know someone until you’ve walked in their shoes.” For Portland baby boomers it might be Birkenstocks with socks, which I like. You walk in their footsteps. Or take their path. What’s it mean?

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BOOMER ON

March 30, 2013 by

YOU KNOW THE SAME FRIENDS AND LIKE THE SAME PLACES Ed, one of the most transcendent of Portland baby boomers, carried the room at a local bar. He whipped out a micro-laptop the way Elvis played guitar and he spun a web connecting the past, present, and future in his perfect boomer business style. The beer in his pint […]

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