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THE UNITED FEELING FROM HERE

September 10, 2025 by David Gillaspie

I get that united feeling when I think about how much we all have in common. It’s a growing feeling, but still elusive when differences are strong. Fortunately, being different is a good thing, not a shame thing. We have that in common. But, still . . .

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CROWDED ROOM WITH A LONG LINE OUTSIDE

September 9, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The crowded room came into shocking focus yesterday. It was a view from the road of new construction in the early phase: The flat land skinned bare, concrete curbs poured for street layout, and one showcase house framed and sided. With room for so many more planned. The view came from Roy Rogers Road driving […]

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FAMILY PETS NURTURE LONG MARRIED COUPLES

September 8, 2025 by David Gillaspie

“Family pets are for kids to learn about caring for animals.” That makes sense to me. Feed the fish, walk the dog, pet the cat. Then everyone grows up and moves on. That’s when I had ‘the conversation’ about a new dog.

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MUSCLE MEMORY? REMEMBER THEM

September 7, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Muscle memory is a warning of what you didn’t do today. Nothing is sore, nothing feels stretched, and you’ve got an inner-thigh cramp you rubbed out. That the cramp hit the evening of a big family dinner downtown Portland with a belly-dancer working the room shouldn’t matter. It just looks suspicious, as you were reminded […]

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CANNON BEACH MOODS OF AUGUST 2025

September 6, 2025 by David Gillaspie

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MOVING ALONG BUCKET LIST: #1 KEEP GOING

September 5, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Moving along means picking up and going? Not exactly. What goes and what stays is not the question of the moment. Just pick yourself up. Sounds easy? Not for everyone. But that bucket list is calling.

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MODERN CONCRETE FOR A MODERN WORLD

September 4, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Modern concrete is the second most used resource behind water? It sounds impossible until you look around, until you drive around, walk around. Concrete buildings, concrete highways, concrete sidewalks. You can’t eat it, drink it, but we can’t live without it. We live in concrete, and if you’re in the wrong business, you might get […]

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MATERIAL WORLD, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

September 3, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Mashing two words together to make ‘material world’ brings up a long list of ongoing problems, some more distressing than others. Scientific American shares this story from 2020: Human-Made Stuff Now Outweighs All Life on Earth Artificial objects have gone from just 3 percent of the world’s biomass in 1900 to on par with […]

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LIFE STACK GETTING HEAVY? THEN WHAT

September 2, 2025 by David Gillaspie

I call it the life stack, all the stuff you look at every day, all the crap that just sits there. You look at it in passing. It’s not crowding you, not taking space better used for something else, but it carries reminders. Eventually you sound like someone who said, “I’ve had this hanging on […]

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MY TOGETHERNESS: HOW IT STARTED, HOW IT’S GOING

September 1, 2025 by David Gillaspie

My togetherness started in my mom’s backyard with the girl in the blue summer dress, the one she wore when I first saw her. We seemed to get along okay in NW Portland, so I took a flier and had her meet the family. Everyone was in Eugene for my granddad’s visit from Texas. My […]

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THE UNITED FEELING FROM HERE

CROWDED ROOM WITH A LONG LINE OUTSIDE

FAMILY PETS NURTURE LONG MARRIED COUPLES

CANNON BEACH MOODS OF AUGUST 2025

MOVING ALONG BUCKET LIST: #1 KEEP GOING

MODERN CONCRETE FOR A MODERN WORLD

MATERIAL WORLD, AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT

LIFE STACK GETTING HEAVY? THEN WHAT

MY TOGETHERNESS: HOW IT STARTED, HOW IT’S GOING

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