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LEARNING MORE AS WE GO? OK BOOMER

June 22, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Learning more is a life goal. Sharing life goals with others makes it even better. Baby boomers in the long haul of marriage have so much to look forward to, and look back on. That’s the benefit of sticking around, of sticking together. Embrace your history, ok boomer? How does that work? Stick around.

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COOK PARK BALLOON DAY

June 21, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Cook Park has an event every year, the annual balloon festival. We talk about going every year, but we’ve missed a couple. Not this year. And I found myself saying the same thing to anyone who’d listen.

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PAIN THRESHOLD V PAIN TOLERANCE: IT HURTS WHEN I DO THIS

June 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Pain threshold is the point at which a stimulus becomes painful, or more clearly, how much of a stimulus you need to make your brain say that something is now painful. I got that from a physical therapy site along with: The point that you shifted from experiencing pressure to experiencing pain is […]

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THE PORTLAND DIFFERENCE: URBAN FEAR

June 19, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The Portland difference means telling yourself one urban space is different than another. How can anyone make such a judgement? There’s only one way: wander around urban spaces both new and old. From London to Paris, more like Paris to London; from Philadelphia to New York City, which most people think is only Manhattan without […]

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TOP DOG? OR LAST DOG

June 18, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Every dog I’ve had in my married life has been the top dog, starting with Lucky. We were talking about it when the kids were small. One of my wife’s friends heard about the talking and called to say she had one for us. The perfect dog.

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MARATHON FAMILY MATTERS

June 17, 2025 by David Gillaspie

This is my marathon family. We all lived in Seaside at the time. I couldn’t tell you any of their names because I don’t know them. But they’re still family, temporary family.

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FATHERS DAY AFTER CLASS IN SESSION

June 16, 2025 by David Gillaspie

My Fathers Day go-to family picture: A thirty year old man with three sons and a wife who looks like Jackie Kennedy taken in 1960. The old man has an expression asking, ‘What have I gotten myself into.’ It’s a father’s look, the same look over the gates. It never gets old. That’s me in […]

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THE RIGHT SHIRT PULLS EVERYTHING TOGETHER

June 15, 2025 by David Gillaspie

What is the right shirt for the occasion? As all fashionistas know, it depends on the occasion. You don’t want to go too over the top as much as you don’t want to look like you could care less. Try not to channel your inner-Lady Gaga. This was the right shirt for the No Kings […]

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NO KINGS? HOW THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME

June 14, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Running at the No Kings march? No, but . . . Things change slowly that feel like warp speed looking back. One day you’re a marathoner in Seaside cruising down the road. Feeling good, looking good, before hitting the wall. Then it’s all about recovering and finishing big. On the sandy beach. Ugh.

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“I HAD NO IDEA?” OK BOOMER

June 13, 2025 by David Gillaspie

At some point ‘no idea’ or ‘I have no idea’ is the wrong answer. You can use it as an excuse up to a point, up to a certain age, and it isn’t seventy. Too often I feel like I should have an answer to the hard questions, something better than raising the white flag […]

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LEARNING MORE AS WE GO? OK BOOMER

COOK PARK BALLOON DAY

PAIN THRESHOLD V PAIN TOLERANCE: IT HURTS WHEN I DO THIS

THE PORTLAND DIFFERENCE: URBAN FEAR

TOP DOG? OR LAST DOG

MARATHON FAMILY MATTERS

FATHERS DAY AFTER CLASS IN SESSION

THE RIGHT SHIRT PULLS EVERYTHING TOGETHER

NO KINGS? HOW THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME

“I HAD NO IDEA?” OK BOOMER

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