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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

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

THE BEST NEIGHBOR OF ALL

May 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My best neighbor of all time was also a king-pin. He owned a construction company and hired convicts. The idea was getting people out of prison and onto a better life. To get started, and early release, they needed a job and place to live.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best neighbor, commitment, convicts, crime prevention, early release, football, hardcore, high school football, MARRIAGE, neighbor, Oregon, parenting, prison, threatening, weed, wife, winning team, wrestling

SPORTS FAN KIDS TO SPORTS FAN ADULTS

May 13, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My sports fan days started early with this picture. It’s a shot of Dave Wilcox who went from Oregon to the NFL. Sports fans love pictures of their heroes. I can’t remember how I got it, but it’s been with me for decades. There’s only one problem:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cowboys, Dave wilcox, football, NFL, Oregon, pro football, Roger Staubach, sports, sports fan

SHOWING UP vs BEING PRESENT

March 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Showing up means being present? Not today. It means being ready, being there, right there, right where you planned on being. Is that where you are? Right now? If not, why not?

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BROKEN DREAMS? HERE’S THE GLUE

March 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Broken dreams need more than glue, but you’ve got to start somewhere. Will glue fix the hurt from a broken heart? Will it help heal connections? Can glue bring back the good feelings you remember? If you are the glue, there’s a chance.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: basketball, blame, broken dreams, dream jobs, dreams, football, good coach, high school, personal dreams, sports dreams, sports heart, wrestling, wrestling practice, youth sports, youth wrestling

TIME OUT FOR YOU, YOU, AND YOU

February 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The first ‘time out’ I ever heard came during a grade school basketball game. Coach: Do you know who you’re supposed to be guarding? Me: No. Coach: Guard the other team, not ours. Me: Oh. Okay.

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WORKING TOGETHER IN THE BEAVER STATE

February 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A call for working together won’t make you a homer, a weakling, or manager. For now, let’s say it’s a call to ‘police up’ your area, clean up your mess. Do you know about policing up your area? It’s not about giving yourself a police badge.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, beaver state, best friends, BOOMER, Coos Bay, cultural exchange, fort sam, high school wrestling, japan, judo, marshfield pirates, Portland, San Antonio, self storage, sharing time, soldier's story, sports, taekwondo, together, work out, working, working together, wrestling

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH TOO CLOSE TO HOME?

January 21, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A neighborhood watch group creates a bond. People looking out for the best interest of others? That’s the glue holding communities together. But things get a little sticky when they turn on you. It started with walking the dog.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby, boomerpdx, communities, dog, grandkids, mernace, neighborhood watch, Oregon, Portland, social interactions, threatening, threatening menace