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BLUE ZONE BLUES

November 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Like many of my readers I’ve gone through a few things. Which you’d expect after nearly seven decades. But does that mean everyone else has too? Google ‘blue zone.’

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SELF DEFENSE EMAIL WITH TACTICAL DEALS

September 26, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Self defense: a response to threat? Or a response to advertised threat? You are minding your own business deleting pushed email day after day from the same sources. Then it hits:

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GRASSROOTS WORK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

September 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Grassroots work for the future is making noise. In our digital age ‘grassroots’ means something different than other times. The Attention Economy asks but one question: “Can you make me care about your cause?”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: american climate corps, attention economy, Barry rodgers, big ask, blogger, boomerpdx, climate, climate change, earthshot 2023, foundation for the future, future, grassroots, grassroots work, near future, picture greater, president biden, prince william, readers, Renaissance Man

CONTENT CREATION QUESTIONS TO ASK

September 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Content creation are not my two favorite words. Content Creator sounds like a title bestowed by the Gods of the Internet. But if your goal is creating content for an online audience, where do you start? Ask a blogger with a track record of post production if you know one. If you don’t know an […]

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LEAVING TOWN? GOING HOME? NOT EXACTLY

August 27, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Leaving town is one thing. It’s different for everyone. How different? Some never come back. But we all carry parts of town, growing up in a place, with us. Nothing shows it more than a high school reunion on the long side.

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ASPIRATIONAL LIVING STEP BY STEP

August 17, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Aspirational living has it’s own vocabulary. “I would have done that.” “I could have done that.” “How hard can it be?” Sometimes reality sets in sooner than later, as it should.

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RESPONSIBLE BLOGGER IN REAL TIME

August 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A responsible blogger is hard to find? Not at all, just search for an echo chamber that repeats what you think. Find that blogger and you start wondering why everything else isn’t as easy. But that’s not what’s going on here. I’m not doing the work, you are.

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CANCER CONVERSATIONS ONLINE AND OFF

August 11, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Cancer conversations never get old for people who’ve had it, and those living with it. They happen in waiting rooms for chemo, waiting rooms for radiation, and waiting rooms for scans and probes. Sound fun yet? This isn’t a suggestion: Make it fun or a little of you dies in that waiting room. Find something.

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HOT WRITER IN A HOT AIRPORT BOOKSTORE: COLLEEN HOOVER

August 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The hot writer is who I pay attention to. I may not read their work, but I notice their books. Colleen Hoover was hard to miss in the airport bookstore. How hard?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best sellers, bible, blogger, book store, boomerpdx, colleen hoover, engagement, hot writer, memoir, romance, self-published, spammers, tiktok, traditional publishers, work in progress, writer, Young Adult

MAKING TIME AND COUNTING DAYS

August 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Making time to do the things you need to get done is one thing. Taking time for the people and places important to you is another. Which one are you best at?

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