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SPORT FAN MARVELS AT MODERN ATHLETES

January 17, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Sport fan comes in two flavors: ‘Awe struck’ is one. The other is, “Come on, it’s not that hard.”. One gets it, the other never will. I’m in the awe struck camp, but love hearing how it’s not that hard.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: athletes, awe struck, beer, betting, cowboys, dak prescott, Dallas Cowboys, Eddie lebaron, football, modern athletes, playoff football, quarterback, sport fan, sports fan, Super Bowl, tom brady, troy aikman

AMERICAN DREAM — 2023: THE GOLDEN RULE

January 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

THE American Dream remains the same: Be Somebody. Be someone you’re proud of. If you’ve been the good example bringing someone back from the edge, keep it up. If you’re the reason someone was out there, keep reading.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: all-america, America, American Dream, american dreamer, american flag, American History, blogger, boomerpdx, care, civil rights, Civil War, equality, Gettysburg, golden rule, historical, historical reality, Martin Luther King Jr, public school, true history

GAME CLOCK FUN? IT’S ALWAYS RUNNING

January 15, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The game clock of life runs and runs, and it’s running fast. We still like to think we all start the same. No one notices the difference since we’re so busy doing other things. Maybe you’re heard that life happens when you’re doing other things? What other things?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, caregiving, caring, denmark, fun, funny, game clock, happy, have fun, learning, loving life, magical, make plans, MARRIAGE, memory, motivation, netflix, priority, teaching, the last kingdom

LOVE LIFE HISTORY OF THE BABY BOOMER

January 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

For a successful love life you need to make the decision all English majors make: Do you throw yourself into the fire, or coast along for the ride? Do the required reading? Or go to Cliff Notes? Checking in on an old Baby Boomer favorite from Facebook.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: acid trip, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, batik tapestry, blogger, blogger journey, BOOMER, boomerpdx, facebook, hermann hesse, hippies, incense, inner blogger, life history, Love, love life, love life history, LSD, new generation, patchouli, PTSD, sin, successful love, the Beatles, world wat two

LOVE LETTERS WRITTEN AND READ

January 13, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Who saves love letters? Better yet, who writes love letters? I’ve done both, and if you’re older than thirteen, so have you. So, where are they? Try and remember.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: college love, dating, driven women, girlfriend, good women, letters, Love, love letter, love letters, mature love, past relationship, reading, rebound relationship, serious love, walk away, writing, young adults

DISAPPOINTED WRITER? AREN’T THEY ALL

January 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The disappointed writer hides their feelings in their work. If it’s not their subject, it’s their characters; if it’s not the setting, it’s the theme. The disappointed writer always falls back to their comfort zone. Instead of man vs nature, or man vs society, it’s one whiney writer vs themselves.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: audience, Ben Affleck, breakthrough, disappointed, disappointed writer, disappointment, George Clooney, give up, huge memoir, ivory tower, ivy league, major work, professionally edited, Thomas Wolfe, whiney writer, wip, writer, writing habit, writing project, writing stuff, writing therapist, writing therapy

GIVE UP? HOW TO START

January 11, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Give up is what losers do? Not so fast. It’s got other names, like surrender, capitulate, quit. But giving up sounds so final. Why?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: give up, giving up, guitar guy, open mic, quit, quitting, relationships, vulnerable people

WRITERS SOCIALIZING WITH WRITERS

January 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My aunt warned me about writers socializing. I’d taken the train from Philadelphia to Princeton, New Jersey for a visit. She was studying at the Princeton Theological Seminary to be a preacher; I was in the Army learning to be a writer. Since she had a degree in literary criticism she had a lot to […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: book, book review, community writing, facebook, Iowa writers, literary criticism, squirrel, twitter, writer, writers block, writers socializing, writing classes, writing inspiration

REBUILDING PORTLAND A LITTLE AT A TIME

January 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Rebuilding Portland means one thing: acknowledge what’s broken and fix it. What’s broken? The biggest thing broken is believing Portland is worth the effort. But how do you rebuild trust? You need to go out and find it.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, bill boeing, Bill Gates, blogger, boomerpdx, city planning, Jeff Bezos, Mississippi avenue, Oregon, Phil Knight, Portland, Portland Oregon, rebuild, rebuild portland, rebuilding center, rebuilding portland, Seattle, urban navigation, urban planning

FACEBOOK WRITER, BLOGGER, OR SCROLLER?

January 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

You know a Facebook writer when you read them. The work seems too good for the platform, too permanent for such a temporary view. But Facebook is inviting, available, and free. So why not use it as a primary outlet?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: better writer, blogger, boomerpdx, diamond sutra, epic of Gilgamesh, facebook, Facebook writer, hardcover book, identity theft, Jack kerouac, libraries, on the road, rosetta stone, ten commandments, twitter, writer, writing

SPORT FAN MARVELS AT MODERN ATHLETES

AMERICAN DREAM — 2023: THE GOLDEN RULE

GAME CLOCK FUN? IT’S ALWAYS RUNNING

LOVE LIFE HISTORY OF THE BABY BOOMER

LOVE LETTERS WRITTEN AND READ

DISAPPOINTED WRITER? AREN’T THEY ALL

GIVE UP? HOW TO START

WRITERS SOCIALIZING WITH WRITERS

REBUILDING PORTLAND A LITTLE AT A TIME

FACEBOOK WRITER, BLOGGER, OR SCROLLER?

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