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Boomer Mayor

June 10, 2013 by

Charlie Hales Marches The Rose Festival Parade The Mayor & I Every year my goal for the Portland Rose Festival Parade starts the same. Like everyone else, I try to see as much of the parade and people as possible. You can’t do that from a lawn chair. You have to move, which makes for good boomer exercise. […]

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D-Day Boomer

June 6, 2013 by

How do you explain D-Day? Or Do You Plug in the beginning of Saving Private Ryan and call it good? Say it was the Greatest Generation just doing what make them great? Every anniversary drives D-Day further away from American youth, including those in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. If they’re not boomers, they’re youths. […]

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Boomer Writers

June 5, 2013 by

Willamette Writers Meet In The Old Church Everyone has a story to tell. The group who meet once a month at Portland’s Old Church have a story to write. From the looks of them, it’s a non-denominational crowd, but the spirit is present. Last night was no different, except the speaker had more than a little preacher […]

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BOOMER FLASHBACK

May 21, 2013 by

My boomerpdx wife and I drove the main highway through town one Saturday listening to the radio. One song started at a long stoplight, a haunting voice and a beautiful melody. I didn’t know it then but it was Rihanna singing Stay. The first verse made me blink my eyes the way I do on […]

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50 SHADES OF FOOD

April 26, 2013 by

MAKE THE CHOICES THAT GIVE BACK TO YOU WITH FEELING How does food give back? Do you get bonus points? E-dollars? New coinage? Feeling smart about your choices isn’t good enough? The right food won’t make you taller, re-grow hair, or improve your ballroom skills. It won’t get you off the wall at your next babyboomerssocialclub.com […]

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HAVE A HEART MONTH

February 6, 2013 by

BOOMERPDX REVIEWS THE CELEBRITY PUMP FIXER-UPPER In everyday life people tell of their heart problems in two ways. 1. “I had a procedure. No big deal.” Or, 2. “My heart problem changed my life.” Both are viable, though one is a wake up call. Grandpa died of a heart attack in the early 60’s. Dad […]

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