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SPORTS BOOK REVIEW: GRACIE GOES GOLFING

June 13, 2023 by David Gillaspie

This sports book review comes via an author’s reading at Annie Bloom’s Books. Last night author Arran Gimba packed the house. From his daughters and their friends, along with their parents, they were a dream audience. What is it about an author reading that gets people out of the house? Let’s start with the joy […]

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LIFE GOALS: BOOMERS FROM 58 TO 68

June 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My life goals are simple. Like Marcus Aurelius, I believe the object of life is very clear: Stay off the lunatic fringe. And?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beer, boomers, Divorce, elite singles, family, gen x, goals, good man, gray divorce, kids, life goals, Marcus Aurelius, married, millennials, mortality, Oregon, our time, oxy, Portland, sex, silver singles, viagra, weed, wife

ROSE FESTIVAL DONE RIGHT IN PORTLAND? RAMBLE ON

June 11, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Rose Festival week for Portland Oregon baby boomers when we were single? It was good, real good. We didn’t have cars back then and it didn’t matter since we lived so close to the parade route through Portland. Yesterday was a throwback to those days of old in New Portland. What’s the biggest difference between […]

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LIFE EXPERIENCE SHARED AND IGNORED? SO WHAT

June 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Life experience comes in two flavors: Useful and Not Useful. Boomerpdx comes in one flavor: Useful. So let’s look at ‘Life Experience.’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: attention, boomerpdx, calmness, Conflict resolution, empathyj, life experience, objective, outraged, subjective, understanding, useful, vocabulary

DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME CANCELLED IN TIGARD LIBRARY?

June 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The drag queen story time is canceled in Tigard and I had to learn about it on twitter? Something’s gone wrong when drag queens out in the far reaches of Portland suburbs can’t fly under the radar. It’s not like there’s a specific drag queen review out here like Darcelle’s. Did someone drive up from […]

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PEOPLE UNITED BY GIVING WRITERS

June 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Needy people? You see them all over the place? So do I. I’m one of them. Oh, and so are you. We need things we don’t have. Writers give some of those things, or at least the feeling of giving. So what?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cancer, cancer memoir, English major, facebook, giving writers, life story, memoir, needy people, read, short story, top ten, twitter, united, win, winner, winning, write, writers

PORTLAND SURVEY ASKS: SO WHAT?

June 7, 2023 by David Gillaspie

This Portland survey asks one question: Who is moving to Portland? More important, who is staying? People have opinions, none very favorable. I’m here to work on it.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beer, blog post, blogger, Bridge City, coffee, drugs, facbook, homeless, old portland, Oregon, Portland, portland future, portland history, Portland Oregon, portland survey, reinventing portland, survey, twitter

IMPORTANT PEOPLE NEVER TELL YOU, THEY SHOW YOU

June 6, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Important people need one thing: Someone who knows how important they are. If it’s someone they like, even better. But what if no one feels important enough?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: caregiver, D-Day, Death, deathbed, dying, family, family home, important people, married, people, racism, show you, sports talk, step-dad, tell you, wife pride, WWII

DREAM DAY, D-DAY TOMORROW

June 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My dream day is pretty simple. I had one recently. Did I live every moment to the max and soak up the vibes? Or did I just feel lucky as hell to be a part of such a day? Well let me tell you my idea of a dream day at my house:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, better world, D-Day, daughter in-law, daughters, DBE, dream, dream day, family curse, helpful, millennials, nineteen year olds, people, royal navy, Slapton sands, sons, trauma, women, WWII, you are worthy

BOOMER MEDICINE: THEY GET WHAT THEY DESERVE?

June 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Boomer medicine comes in the same variety as everyone else’s: What works. And what doesn’t work. But for boomers there’s an extra additive.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: accountable, adult children, BOOMER, boomer medicine, boomers, Coos Bay, covid, dead, Death, goals, hometown, icu, medicine, mistakes, moving forward, North Bend, Portland, reader, responsible, rivalries, tactical advice

SPORTS BOOK REVIEW: GRACIE GOES GOLFING

LIFE GOALS: BOOMERS FROM 58 TO 68

ROSE FESTIVAL DONE RIGHT IN PORTLAND? RAMBLE ON

LIFE EXPERIENCE SHARED AND IGNORED? SO WHAT

DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME CANCELLED IN TIGARD LIBRARY?

PEOPLE UNITED BY GIVING WRITERS

PORTLAND SURVEY ASKS: SO WHAT?

IMPORTANT PEOPLE NEVER TELL YOU, THEY SHOW YOU

DREAM DAY, D-DAY TOMORROW

BOOMER MEDICINE: THEY GET WHAT THEY DESERVE?

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