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CAN OREGON SPORTS LEARN FROM ARIZONA

April 9, 2014 by David Gillaspie

It’s About More Than Sun Screen. Oregon sports fans share one thing in common. We look for ways to relate sports to life. We like to make it personal no matter where we are. But where do you find Oregon sports in Mesa, Arizona? I was lost until I pulled into the Chicago Cubs spring training […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: baby boomer, baltimore ravens, chicago cubs, Darwin Barney, mesa arizona, Nike, oregon sports, Oregon State baseball, Portland, Portland baseball, Portland Beavers, super bowl victory, Under Armour, under armour performance center, university of oregon scholarship athlete

COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN

June 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie

If a writer isn’t complaining, what are the other options? After a quick look since I came up with nothing, it’s praise. Praising. But we’re not used to praising. That needs to change.

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WINNING ARGUMENTS: THEN AND NOW

February 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Winning arguments with strangers is one thing; winning the same argument with someone close comes with side-effects. Someone close? How close. Let’s start with an internal argument, that little voice that won’t go away. Can’t get any closer than that, huh?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bad apple, black sheep, blame, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, calm, calm down, David Gillaspie, education, lady gaga, memorial, Mother Nature, nature, positive self-talk, remembered, remembering, smart move, surrender, teach, teacher, teaching, teaching moment, useful, writer, writers, writing

DUCK BREATH FROM HURRICANE TO PAC12 SIGH

December 2, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Duck breath is the same as Husky breath. If the Huskies had lost. Duck breath is a long exhale of joyful expectations and maybe a little spit. That’s what happens when a big one gets away, and the final PAC12, PAC10, PAC8 game was a big one.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: big10, big12, blog, blogger, bo nix, boomerpdx, breath, breathing, business decisions, championship weekend, college football, David Gillaspie, duck, duck breath, expectations, nil, Oregon Ducks, PAC12, sports writer, writer, writers, writing

MALL HUSBAND AND THE JEWELRY STORE

November 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Mall Husband happens when his wife says she’s going to the mall to finish Christmas shopping. Finish what? Husband thinking, ‘The Cowboys and Panthers coming up after a Duck game stomping at Arizona State yesterday is good karma. My kid has my Cowboy gear.’ Wife: Then I’m stopping by New Seasons to finish Thanksgiving shopping. […]

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THE WESTERN WAY + + +

October 26, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The western way shows a solitary figure on a journey of self-discovery. That was my goal when I started. Just me and the boys and a dog. John, Bill, Stu, and Ruby. I would encase the memory like high-silica ground water does to fallen logs buried in mud. Except my memory would take three weeks, […]

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ROAD SONGS FROM HERE TO THERE

October 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Road songs define generations. Baby boomer road songs? Still the best? Let’s take a drive around the block and find out.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, Baby Boomers, boomerpdx, boomers, driving, generations, Oregon, road songs, road trip, soul of America, train song, travel, traveler

BLUE SKIES IN THE BOOK REVIEW MIRROR

August 31, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Blue Skies came to me via Twitter. T.C. Boyle mentioned a new novel and he delivered. What he delivered felt a little too close to home for me, which kept me reading. How close?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Annie bloom, author, Baby Boomers, blogger, blue skies, book review, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, novel, Oregon, reading, TC Boyle, twitter, writer, writers

POLLUTION SOLUTION = DILUTION? OR DISTRIBUTION

August 6, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Who needs a pollution solution? We need a solution. How do we find a solution to pollution? Ask a guy in a bar after spending a week in the Arizona oven.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: air pollution, airplane, Arizona, Big Box Store, car, DESERT, dilute, dilution, distribution network, environmental pollution, home depot, phoenix, pollution, pollution solution, solution, truck, Walmart

NOT RIGHT? HOW TO GET RIGHT SOONER THAN LATER WITH THE RIGHT FOOD

July 31, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Feelings of being not right could be from something you ate? What’s the last thing you found on your plate or in your bowl? It’s probably not food poisoning, but it could be something. For example:

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