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EXQUISITE CREATURES, OR JUST MY FAMILY

January 25, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Exquisite Creatures is in the final days of its second run at OMSI. Christopher Marley’s nature collection occupies two floors. In one word, it’s an incredible experience made more so by who I saw it with: Wife, kid, daughter in-law, and a four year old. But not just any four year old, which I’ll get […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bugs, Christopher Marley, EXQUISITE CREATURES, family, freeze dried, kids, museum show, omni, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, snakes, time together

MUSIC MUSCLES vs OTHER MUSCLES

January 24, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Music muscles don’t show until you play that guitar. The only thing that shows until then are the fingertip callouses on your fret hand and maybe a callous on your thumb if you don’t use a pick. Your head doesn’t get lumpy with muscle, but the muscle memory is in there if you practice. But […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, expensive guitar, fender telecaster, GUITAR, guitar player, motivation, muscles, music, music muscles, play guitar, prodigy, sting ray, telecaster

ACCEPTABLE LOSSES WITH EXCEPTIONS

January 23, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Acceptable losses come with a line. Whether losses are acceptable or not usually depends on which side of the line you’re on. If friends and family are on one side, and you’re not? Either they’re on the loss side, or it’s you. Then what? Since I’ve been around a while, here’s a few ideas:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: acceptable losses, Afghanistan, dignity, draft, drafted, family, friends, honor, Iran, Iraq, Korea, Kuwait, reality, science, self respect, star trek, television, twin towers, Vietnam, WWII

CHEAT DAY TO EAT ANYTHING? ANYTHING?

January 22, 2025 by David Gillaspie

A cheat day sounds good, doesn’t it. Free to do what you want to do, but this one is about food. Freedom to eat anything? What makes it different than any other day? I’m so glad you asked: first you need something to cheat on.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cheat day, cheat meal, cheat week, diet, good food, good sense, happy hour, nutrient dense, snacks, Weight Loss

FINISH LINE, OR NO FINISH

January 21, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The finish line is out there. You just can’t see it. You can pretend you see it, but you can’t. You can tell someone you see it, except it’s not there. But you can tell yourself anything and make it make sense. Meanwhile, keep going.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: finish, finish line, keep going, line, make sense, pretend, tell yourself

HAPPINESS PURSUIT FOR THE SLOW

January 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Happiness pursuit is a good idea. It covers a lot of ground, this happy idea. If you do no harm in pursuit, then you’re doing it right. ‘First do no harm,’ is more than a suggestion. Happiness and harm are not synonyms.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beach house, Cannon Beach, do no harm, escape plan, evening star, fair, flood, happiness, happiness pursuit, happy idea, harm, haystack rock, night sky, pursuit, rescue, Saturn, Venus, warning

MEETING EXPECTATIONS, GREAT AND OTHERWISE

January 19, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Meeting expectations is not the same as meeting a stranger. You can’t not meet your own expectations. Not when you have standards and goals. What about meeting your dog’s expectations? Good luck with that.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: dog, early riser, engaged, engaging, exclude, excuse, expectations, family, family lottery, food, goals, good luck, husband, meeting, meeting expectations, old people, standards

OREGON BEACH PEOPLE FOR A DAY, MAYBE TWO

January 18, 2025 by David Gillaspie

An Oregon beach isn’t for everyone, especially a winter beach. But somehow people show up. They show up bundled, water-proofed, and ready to go. But to where?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beach, beach people, Cannon Beach, city of light, oregon beach, Pacific Ocean, sneaker wave

PACE YOURSELF FOR BEST RESULTS

January 17, 2025 by David Gillaspie

“Pace yourself.” That’s what you tell yourself the first time you quit something from exhaustion. It’s what you say before the next time you start the thing that made you quit. You might have to quit again, but at least you’ll be better prepared. Not everything works out the first time you try. For example:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: 1967, adulthood, big guys, Boston Marathon, Dad, dead, drop dead, exhaustion, experts, Indy 500, lacked logic, logic, mansplaining, marathon runners, pace, pace yourself, prepared, quit, sports, wise men, women's sports

STEWARD FOR LIFE? BE ONE

January 16, 2025 by David Gillaspie

A steward for life is one who leaves things better than they found them. Is it too much to ask? Maybe it’s just something old people think of? Quick reminder: you get older faster than you think you will, so . . .

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: addiction, cocaine, date, Divorce, gale sayers, gambling, irreconcilable differences, man, mood swings, old people, quick reminder, sandy Koufax, sports, sports medicine, steward, steward for life, stewardship, third date, woman

EXQUISITE CREATURES, OR JUST MY FAMILY

MUSIC MUSCLES vs OTHER MUSCLES

ACCEPTABLE LOSSES WITH EXCEPTIONS

CHEAT DAY TO EAT ANYTHING? ANYTHING?

FINISH LINE, OR NO FINISH

HAPPINESS PURSUIT FOR THE SLOW

MEETING EXPECTATIONS, GREAT AND OTHERWISE

OREGON BEACH PEOPLE FOR A DAY, MAYBE TWO

PACE YOURSELF FOR BEST RESULTS

STEWARD FOR LIFE? BE ONE

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