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The Boomer Roomer

You see yourself as a caring baby boomer? If you live in Portland, Oregon, add a twist to keep it weird enough to fit in. Your kids are grown, maybe moved out. Your parents haven’t moved in with you and you haven’t moved in with them. Call it living the dream with your wife, husband, […]

Boomer House

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 […]

Boomer Writers

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 […]

BOOMER FLASHBACK

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 […]

Age Unlimited

or, How Many Ways Can You Say Geezer?   Boomers roll up the years differently than any generation. Don’t trust anyone over thirty? Not any more. Hope you die before you get old? The Who didn’t, why should you. When does the slide to oldie but goodie begin? Check the Master athlete world records for […]

BEST GUN QUOTE

Lock And Load, Clear Down Range, Rock And Roll Are Portland baby boomers worried about the firearms debate? From the press the city gets you’d think it hard to fit anything between a free range egg-white omelet, an organic latte, and a happy light session with a book on tape. But yes, the gun nuts, the anti-gun, […]