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TO KNOW A PLACE, MEET THE FIRST PEOPLE

July 18, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Like the City on the Sound, the 30th Annual Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow stayed in continual motion. At a west coast gathering of First People, dancing and celebration filled the air. They strengthened bonds between each other and Seattle.

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: American, american indians, first people, homeland, military veterans, native, native america, native american, native americans, pow wow, powwow, seafair, seafair indian days, Seattle, U.S. military, Vietnam-era, World War I, WWII

MOTIVATED LIFE: FEAR, ANGER, BIG FINISH

May 26, 2017 by David Gillaspie

From day one America grew an attitude of the picked on little brother. Instead of walking the plank of tradition and custom in the old country, early explorers took off for the new to live a motivated life. I hear Monty Python’s French accented, “Weee, doon’t neeeed yoooou.” That’s the enduring American story, […]

Filed Under: Boomer Up Tagged With: American, american story, colonial power, custom, education, fear, fear of failure, life story, Monty Python, motivated, motivated life, North Bend Oregon, Oregon, over compensate, Portland State University, spanish american war, tradition, writer, writing

PORTLAND RENTS A LIFESTYLE, WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT

March 18, 2017 by David Gillaspie

One solution to rising Portland rents At first tiny apartments got the shit because they went up in neighborhoods with streets jammed by normal parking. Now the micro havens are a solution, a reason for a drop in the rent crisis. And those bikes? Millennials and bikes and small apartments? It happens. Add […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, American History, college, cooperative living, history, homeless, millennials, Portland, portland rents, propoerty tax, rising rent, tax, village

GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND IN LIFE AND ON SCREEN

January 30, 2017 by David Gillaspie

The film came out in 1993 for an American legend. One of the kickers in Frontier Communications are free On Demand movies. The Sony Channel skips commercials and runs them straight through from all appearances. A recent cruise through the selections turned up Geronimo: An American Legend. Like Days of Heaven with Richard Gere, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, american legend, charles b. gatewood, desert southwest, frontier communications, Geronimo, indian wars, indians, legend, sony channel

OREGON VOTER REMORSE HISTORY

November 2, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Regrets? Oregon voter has had a few. American elections seem to have the same choices: Bad and Worse. Pick one and you wish you’d picked the other. Like early pioneers’ choice of floating the Columbia River rapids, or traversing the Barlow Road, once you take one you wish you were on the other. The 2016 […]

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: 2016 Presidential race, American, american elections, bob packwood, elections, Neil Goldschmidt, Oregon, oregon voter, presidential race, regrets, remorse, voter

WHO CRIES MOST? NON-VOTER

October 20, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Non-voters need change, will do anything for change. Anything, they say. Except vote. Every excuse is a good excuse to not vote, just don’t say the dog ate your ballet. Instead, use these tried and true non-voter lines: I got my registration in late. I moved. I thought my driver’s license was enough. Or,

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: American, american ideal, anderson, bush, candidate, carter, clinton, election, gore, ideal, nader, non-voter, presidential election, voter

ONE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM VISIT LATER

October 17, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Museums make you feel something; in the Holocaust Museum it’s fear. Why is the Holocaust Museum, or more correctly the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, so frightening? Call it a learning tool. Older visitors who’ve watched a few Holocaust movies and documentaries need a reminder that the events shown in the Holocaust Museum actually happened. […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, american politics, death camp, fear, frightening, Hitler, hollywood holocaust movie, holocaust, holocaust museum, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

OLYMPIC YEAR TRAINING FOR ELECTION YEAR

July 15, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Why sports and elections both need Olympic Year Training. Every four years the Olympic Games roll around. With the Winter Games and Summer Games broken up, we get the Olympics every two years, but for now let’s use the four year schedule. Besides, it matches better with the American Presidential Election cycle. We’re not talking […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: 2016 rio games, aging, aging world, American, American Presidential election, Baby Boomers, boomer generation, boomers, clinton, election year, mid term elections, Olympic Games, olympic year, olympic year training, Olympics, Oregonlive, presidential election, summer games, trump, winter games

BASEBALL, BEER, FIREWORKS, BOOMERPDX STYLE

July 5, 2016 by David Gillaspie

In a search for holiday ideas, there’s BoomerPdx Style. Who drank a beer yesterday? Anyone? Super Patriot in their flag focused ensemble leads a toast. Slinky character in a DD214 t-shirt cheers him on. Everyone else joins in. If that’s your Fourth of July, you did it right. If it didn’t go that way, take […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: 4th of July, American, american independence, baby boomer, baseball, beer, BOOMER, boomerpdx style, fourth of july, independence, Portland, SE Portland, woodstock park

YOU KNOW YOU MADE A WRONG TURN WHEN…

January 28, 2016 by David Gillaspie

How often do we get warnings when we make the wrong turn? The #oregonstandoff took a wrong turn or two in the past month, but they’re not alone. How to respond when you learn a wrong turn could be a life saver? A wrong turn happens on foot, in cars, relationships. When things go wrong, […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: #oregonstandoff, American, Barcelona, bomb squad, England, great britain, military people, new york, NYC, Oregon, smart aleck, Spain, van duzer corridor, vauxhall, world citizen, wrong turn

TO KNOW A PLACE, MEET THE FIRST PEOPLE

MOTIVATED LIFE: FEAR, ANGER, BIG FINISH

PORTLAND RENTS A LIFESTYLE, WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT

GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND IN LIFE AND ON SCREEN

OREGON VOTER REMORSE HISTORY

WHO CRIES MOST? NON-VOTER

ONE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM VISIT LATER

OLYMPIC YEAR TRAINING FOR ELECTION YEAR

BASEBALL, BEER, FIREWORKS, BOOMERPDX STYLE

YOU KNOW YOU MADE A WRONG TURN WHEN…

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