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MARRIAGE EXPERIMENTS: DUCK FOOTBALL OR PORTLAND TRIP?

October 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Marriage experiments are not for the non-scientist. I’m not a scientist, but my wife is. She’s the one who tries new things and keeps an eye out for my response. But that doesn’t make me the experiment. Or does it?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cargo, day of the dead, Día de Muertos, drinking beer, Duck football, husbands, MARRIAGE, marriage experiment, marriage experiments, mental health, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, portland tour, portland trip, science, south portland, wives

INSPIRE CHANGE WITH DEEDS AND WORDS

October 28, 2022 by David Gillaspie

“Inspire change” are not just pretty words to say. You can say it, write it, but there’s more: Show it. Remember the writer’s trope of, ‘Show, don’t tell?’ Do both to inspire change.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Berlin wall, blogger, boomerpdx, change, education, educational, educational moment, good deeds, historical education, inspire, inspire change, Portland, Portland Oregon, Soviet Union, vote, writer, writers trope

TENDER BAR, A PLACE EVERYONE NEEDS

October 27, 2022 by David Gillaspie

The Tender Bar is a book, a memoir, and a movie. A book and a movie, for the deuce. But it’s more than a book or a movie, it’s a destination I stopped in for a drink yesterday, but it was the wrong bar.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Ben Affleck, blogger, book, boomerpdx, coming of age, father figure, George Clooney, long island, movie, tender bar, the tender bar, writer, writers, writing

DOG WALKING TO START A BETTER WORLD

October 26, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Dog walking for a ‘better world’ sounds pretty good. But what’s a better world? Let’s start with a cleaner world.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: better health, blogger, boomerpdx, christine drazen, cleaner world, dental health, dog, dog walking, election laws, fixing problems, good dog, gun lobby, life lesson, midterm elections, NRA, oregon governor, Oregon primary, professional scofflaw, republican oregon, voting, Walking

FIRE CONTROL: HOW NOT TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSE

October 25, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Fire control is not this man’s strong point. Not mine or my neighbor’s either. Two out of the three of us caught things on fire, and this guy’s next.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: art work, burning, burning house, fire, fire control, fire department, fire suppression, flames, flamethrower, poetry, vandalism, wild animals

TAKING ADVICE? DID ANYONE ASK PORTLAND PEOPLE ABOUT FENG SHUI?

October 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Taking advice is an art. So is giving advice. Can anyone giving advice no one wants to hear even listen? That’s a problem that needs work.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: advice, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, Feng Shui, giving advice, homeless, homeless camps, lifestyle, Oregon, Oregon people, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, Portland people, taking advice

AGING PARENTS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW

October 23, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Aging parents get old fast. One day they’re skiing black diamonds on Mt. Hood, wind surfing the Columbia River, or hang gliding off sand dunes in Pacific City. The next day you’re blending up a hamburger because they can’t eat solid food. Is that how it works? Not for everyone.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aging millennials, aging parent, aging parents, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, BOOMER, boomers, clickbait, comfort food, crime, exhausted parents, gentle reminders, guns, impaired men, Millenials, millennial, modern times, murder, sandwich generation, shit talk

CHEMO CLOTHES GET A NEW BELT NOTCH

October 22, 2022 by David Gillaspie

You’ve heard of ‘chemo clothes?’ That’s what you wear after getting the hell chemo-ed out of you, (hell = cancer.) Either that or you’ll be walking around like a kid in big boy trousers that don’t fit, but might some day. Today is that day. But it’s more about the belt.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beer gut, blogger, boomerpdx, cancer, chemo, chemo appointments, chemo clothes, chemo gut, fashion, feeling good, looking good, loose skin, nutritional excess

SHARING BLAME FOR AIR QUALITY: YOU’RE NOT THE PROBLEM?

October 21, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Sharing blame requires a pointy finger to wag. Something happens, plans go sideways, and instead of fun you find disappointment. You could move on, but what about the unfinished business? First you need to assign blame. Get that finger ready.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: air pollution, air quality, blame, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, clean air, EPA, flower power, forest fires, forest management, hippies, Los Angeles, Oregon, personal health, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, public health, science, science deniers, Seattle, sharing blame, sherwood, Tigard, travel plans, wild fires

MARRIAGE EXPERIMENTS: DUCK FOOTBALL OR PORTLAND TRIP?

RECOMMENDED READING: T.C. BOYLE’S ‘GOING DOWN’

INSPIRE CHANGE WITH DEEDS AND WORDS

TENDER BAR, A PLACE EVERYONE NEEDS

DOG WALKING TO START A BETTER WORLD

FIRE CONTROL: HOW NOT TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSE

TAKING ADVICE? DID ANYONE ASK PORTLAND PEOPLE ABOUT FENG SHUI?

AGING PARENTS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW

CHEMO CLOTHES GET A NEW BELT NOTCH

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