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CLOUDY DAYS TAKE A SHORT BREAK

May 20, 2022 by

Cloudy days in Oregon? How can that be? Where I grew up no one complained about the rain. If they did that would have been all they talked about. There’s more going on than cloudy days, but what do you do when all you see are clouds?

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WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME

May 19, 2022 by

My Dad was waiting for the right time to make better relationships just before he died. He was good with his boys, his one regret was his daughter. After his divorce from my Mom he expected changes. But he felt everything would straighten out in the long run.

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BOOMERPDX LIFE LESSONS? #1: MAKE AN EFFORT

March 23, 2022 by

Life lessons start with the first one. One lesson is more than enough to start. Get that first lesson right and the foundation is set for additions. #1: Make an effort you’re proud of.

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NEW FLEX: “I DID MY OWN RESEARCH” AND FOUND WHAT?

November 8, 2021 by

A new flex is always an interesting surprise, especially when it surprises the one flexing. “Don’t learn to type or you’ll end up being a clerk” turned into a flex of, “I can type one hundred word a minute.” The brawny movers and shakers lost some mojo to the pencil-necked geeks, so they did one […]

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RAW EMOTIONS: HELLO AND GOODBYE, AIRPORT VS HOSPITAL

October 29, 2021 by

Raw emotions, unrehearsed moments of reality, happen in two places: The airport and the hospital. That’s where hello and goodbye emotions live that no one plans for. A hospital visit turns into a gut wrenching ordeal. An airport drop-off turns into the saddest day ever. Is there anything to do to prepare for this? No, […]

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MISSING PARTS AND WHERE TO FIND REPLACEMENTS

April 22, 2021 by

When I was a kid I had a high school aged uncle who liked to build model cars with missing parts. He didn’t play any sports. I glued model cars together, too. The box of plastic pieces all linked together became a Buick Wildcat. No paint, nothing special, just following directions and putting it together. […]

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GREAT MEMORIES ADVICE: FROM ONE LIFE STAGE TO THE NEXT

March 8, 2021 by

Great memories ought to inform current decisions. After all, if you have great memories you cherish, why not add to them? Moving along life’s stages, from one to the next, from being a kid, to teenager, to young adult, to middle age, to senior, fills up a big wagon of memories to pull along. Did […]

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HOMEWARD BOUND, I WISH I WERE

January 10, 2021 by

Homeward bound? I’m home, not sitting in a railway station with a ticket for my destination, but I would be if I screwed up and my family found out. I’ve got a wife and two kids, two boys now men, who have never cut me any slack. All three are accomplished ass-kickers and mine would […]

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HOW SECOND BORN KIDS MAKE THEIR MARK

October 27, 2020 by

Being a second born myself, I know how to make a mark. Call it a mark, a scar, it’s something to be remembered by. I’m sure it’s different with girls, and the mix of brothers and sisters, but my mix was all boys for the first fourteen years. The first, then fourteen months later the […]

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BOOMERPDX INTERVIEW: ONE VETERAN, ONE STUDENT, ONE PARENT

September 10, 2020 by

A faux-BoomerPDX interview works to paint a citizenship picture, a mosaic, by covering nervous subjects. For this edition it’s a veteran, a student, and a parent doing the work. And they have plenty to say. Take a read:

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