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The Boomer Roomer

June 12, 2013 by David Gillaspie

You see yourself as a caring baby boomer? If you live in Portland, Oregon, add a twist to keep it weird enough to fit in. Your kids are grown, maybe moved out. Your parents haven’t moved in with you and you haven’t moved in with them. Call it living the dream with your wife, husband, […]

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Baby Boomer Love

April 28, 2013 by David Gillaspie

Is It Love Or Another Cramp To Stretch Out Once you take a subject like baby boomers, and you are one, topics change faster than sunlight reflecting off wet tie-dye. The huge range of experience between those born from 1946 to 1964 makes common ground more uncertain. One universal feeling rises to the top. Love. From Bo Diddley asking […]

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PIE COOKING CLASS STARTS WITH A PRO CRUST

November 21, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Pie cooking is easy. Preheat the oven, open the pie package, and put it in. But what if you start from scratch and do everything by hand? What’s that like? Let’s go:

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HPV-16 CANCER IS A SNEAK

October 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

HPV-16 cancer is on the ballot this time around. You wouldn’t know it because there’s no hoopla, but it’s there. Sometimes it’s here, sometimes it’s there, but most of the time it’s a mystery. But, dear readers, as you know, cancer of any kind is a hard road to travel. What are my cancer talk […]

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LESSON LEARNED, BUT WHICH ONE? TRENDS

October 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A lesson learned ought to last a lifetime. What has lasted a lifetime: riding a bike, tying shoes. What should last a lifetime: That one perfect haircut, true love, your dog. In most cases we adjust the timeline.

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ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING?

September 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My rocky relationship with writing took a turn yesterday. It happens, but this one was avoidable. Boomerpdx was offline for ten hours. The longest ten hours of my . . . not my life. I just did other writer things. What writer things?

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PASSING TIME, PASSING THROUGH

September 10, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Passing time with my mother in-law on her birthday was a gift to everyone. Her birthday was May 5, Cinco de Mayo, and we worked it hard every year. So did she.

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SPENDING TIME THE RIGHT WAY

September 8, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Are you spending time the way you’d like? Time is funny like that, so I made an equation of happiness. If you’re good with things 51% of the time, not so good 49% of the time, you’re on the right track. Unless you’re a parent.

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LIFE BEGINS WHEN? PT. 1

August 31, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Life begins the moment you realize you’re having fun with the people around you. If the people are scientists of varying disciplines, life origin is based on solid theories. It’s a whole ‘nother story with anyone else. What if it’s some random blogger?

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SOFT LIFE WITH HARD EDGES

August 28, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Living that soft life, but still need something to yell about. It’s either too soft, not soft enough, anything but just right. And that spells hard times in bold letters. Hard times for a soft life?

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