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CHANGING SEASONS = CHANGING CLIMATE?

September 21, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Changing seasons were more of a mystery when human intelligence gathered and agreed that the sun and stars all moved around the earth. Back then we were the center of the universe. Man, those were the good old days. Or were they?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, bad science, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, changing climate, changing seasons, clean air, clean water, earth, friends, millennials, modern science, old hippies, trustworthy blogger

GRASSROOTS WORK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

September 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Grassroots work for the future is making noise. In our digital age ‘grassroots’ means something different than other times. The Attention Economy asks but one question: “Can you make me care about your cause?”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: american climate corps, attention economy, Barry rodgers, big ask, blogger, boomerpdx, climate, climate change, earthshot 2023, foundation for the future, future, grassroots, grassroots work, near future, picture greater, president biden, prince william, readers, Renaissance Man

LOST HIGHWAY? GET A MAP, BOOMER

September 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Lost Highway by Hank Williams is every road ever traveled. Some longer, some shorter, but it’s the same road. You can say you’re not lost. Go ahead. But we’re all old enough to know better.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: BOOMER, boomers, GUITAR, Hank Williams, lost highway, memoir, music, novel, poem, ponytail, road music, screenplay, song, weed

HOME COOKING FOR WARM HEARTS

September 18, 2023 by David Gillaspie

“Home cooking is best when . . .” Fill in the blank. Whatever you come up with is fine, but yesterday my group was amazing for many reasons. First:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, beer run, BOOMER, boomers, brunch, cooking, dog, fulfillment, home, home cooking, salmon hash, warm hearts

JUPITER HOTEL ON PORTLAND’S EAST SIDE: THE NEXT LEVEL

September 17, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Jupiter Hotel on Saturday felt like travel. A time before the meth epidemic, the opioid epidemic, the covid epidemic, the homeless epidemic, and every other epidemic. Why? Because of the fun sense of humor. “Make mine a fir burger?” I’m still laughing.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: BOOMER, culture, east side, hotel, jupiter hotel, JUPITER NEXT, Old Boomer, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon

USEFUL BOOMERS FOR MATERIAL CULTURE

September 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Useful boomers should know things, the sort of things that show a certain level of awareness. Awareness is useful, so is cleanliness. Directing that awareness to history is even more useful. But it can’t be funky history, so let’s start with the basic question: What Happened? People need to know the right stuff.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, better story, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, culture, Death, history, hoarding boomers, material culture, millennial, rich boomers, story, stuff, tropes, useful boomers, why, wtf, your story

CHANGING TIMES IN SEPTEMBER

September 15, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Changing times are one thing: Fall back, or spring forward. Okay, two things. But the month of September is my big change month since first grade and every grade after. For everything:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog fans, blogger, Bob Dylan, boomerpdx, change, changing times, creative writing, most read, SEO, september, the people, times are changing, top ten, Vision Quest, win, winner

BIG BROTHER WORK NEVER ENDS

September 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Big brother comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. A good big brother can be a guiding light. Growing up with someone who knows their role can set the stage for a good life. On the other hand? Roles can change.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: 1984, Authority, big brother, brother, coach, family, father, football, helper, orwell, teacher, work

WORKING KITCHEN HARD AT WORK

September 13, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A Working Kitchen comes in two versions in my experience: One: A place to make food. Two: A place to show off cooking gear. Who’s hungry?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: canning, canning peaches, cook, cooking, cooking gear, food, friends, fruit, gifts, holidays, kitchen, make food, preserves, sunshine, wife, wine, work, working, working kitchen

FEELING LUCKY? HOW LUCKY

September 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Feeling lucky after doing everything right? That’s not luck, it’s proper preparation. Then it all goes wrong? That’s not luck either.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, blog followers, boomerpdx, boomers, feeling lucky, good luck, lucky, threat, threatening, twitter, twitter account

CHANGING SEASONS = CHANGING CLIMATE?

GRASSROOTS WORK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

LOST HIGHWAY? GET A MAP, BOOMER

HOME COOKING FOR WARM HEARTS

JUPITER HOTEL ON PORTLAND’S EAST SIDE: THE NEXT LEVEL

USEFUL BOOMERS FOR MATERIAL CULTURE

BIG BROTHER WORK NEVER ENDS

WORKING KITCHEN HARD AT WORK

FEELING LUCKY? HOW LUCKY

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