Baby Boomer blogger Archives • BOOMERPDX

page contents Google

DECISION MAKERS PICK A SIDE

August 25, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Decision makers have one job: make the right decision. Then another and another and another all day long. It’s not for everybody, but everybody does it. Making no decision is a decision? Yes, but someone else will decide for you if it’s important enough.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, Calvin Coolidge, criminal, decide, decision, decision makers, delaying, education, felony, felony convictions, fraud, history, important enough, informed decision, lagging, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, writer, writers, writing, writing projects

GROWING A STRONGER SOCIAL CIRCLE

August 24, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Improve your social circle by leaving it all behind? Noooo. That leaves too many unanswered questions. Improve it by dropping out, focusing on making a bigger difference to yourself, and the questions answer themselves when you start looking different than you used to. Instead of hearing ‘what happened to you’ it will be ‘I know […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, conditioning, difference, excited, get started, ladies, motivated, Oregon, perfect, physical perfection, PHYSICAL THERAPY, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, questions, ripped and shredded, sign up, social, social circle, tom peterson, wake up, workout, writer, writers, writing

MISSING PORTLAND FOUND

August 22, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I asked Big Paul about missing Portland and he set me straight. “It’s not missing.” “It is if you can’t find it.” “Then you need to look harder.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomer blogger, bike, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, education, history, missing portland, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, skateboard, Social media, story, travel, twitter, wife, wildwood trail, wind surf, writer, writers, writing

GUITAR NIGHT STARTER PACK

August 21, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Guitar night always starts the same: With a plan. Plan to sound musical, nothing more, nothing less. The plan is successful when two people play together the first time and agree they sounded good. For at least ten seconds. Why ten seconds?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomer blogger, bad childhood, band practice, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, dna, dreams, dropout, fender, fender telecaster, Get better, GUITAR, guitar night, guitar practice, hopes, improve, learning, music, musical dna, new guitar, open mic, parents, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, practice, repeating, sing, singer, telecaster, travel, twitter, writer, writers

LEAVING HOME? NO, JUST GET OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY

August 20, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Leaving home is a life event? Not so much after the first time, whether it was leaving for college, the Army, or a first apartment. When baby boomers leave home what they’re doing is leaving their house. So when did leaving the house become such a big deal? Maybe right after some important study says […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, breaking news, customer, customer service, family, leaving home, millennials, opinion, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, slow news, slow tv, Social media, story, travel, twitter, wife, writer, writers, writing

ONE QUESTION, ONE ANSWER, OR . . .

August 19, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Ask one question, just one, and if you know each other, things start clicking, woman or man. If you don’t know each other? Good luck. Maybe don’t ask anything. It’s not any particular question we’re talking about; it could be anything. “Is that a new car?”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: answer, Baby Boomer blogger, blog magic, boomer parents, education, facebook, family, fitness, history, life altering, MARRIAGE, married, millennials, one answer, one question, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, question, remember, Social media, story, travel, twitter, wife, writer, writers, writing

LIFE BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA

August 18, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

As a seasoned blogger I’ve grown immune to social media. Is someone who discovers boomerpdx on their own any different than someone who lands here based on algorithms and exposure? With subscription numbers I can present to sponsors as a metric, they are not. People, people like you, me, them, subscribe to blogs on a […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: attention, Baby Boomer blogger, blog, blogger, book, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, college, daddy, facebook, global platforms, instagram, interest, learning, miracle, music, poem, poetry, reading, Social media, story, sylvia plath, tiktok, twitter, wechat, whatsapp, wife, writer, writers, writing, youtube

PORTLAND SUMMER CHEER FROM HERE

August 17, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

How far is a carefree summer walk in the park from the pressure packed navigation through the urban sprawl for Portland summer cheer? One moment you’re walking a forest trail along the mighty Tualatin River counting birds and snakes and turkey vultures. Look, two snakes. Take the bridge for a good look at the river […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American Dream, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, commerce, dream, education, historical, history, kids, learning, millennials, music, Oregon dream, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, portland dream, Portland Oregon, portland summer, shared dream, Social media, story, travel, twitter, writer, writers, writing

BEST LAID PLANS OFTEN GO AWRY

August 16, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

This is what I like to tell people: the best laid plans often to awry. At least that’s what I’d tell them if they asked. No one has really asked, but I’ve heard talk that sounded like complaining, which deserves a solid answer. You had plans? Well, now you know, the best laid plans often […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomer blogger, beer, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, education, gear, GUITAR, guitar player, history, jam, jamming, looper, Love, married, millennials, music, music jam, Oregon, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, sober Saturday, Social media, stay sharp, story, sweat, travel, twitter, wife, write, writer, writers, writing

THE GREEN BOOK MOVIE REVIEW

August 13, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I saw The Green Book after watching documentaries on Bill Russell and Quincy Jones. The sequence matters because real people in the docs had already explained in pretty stark terms how it was to be black. The harsh reality they told showed up in scene after scene in a different context. How different?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, blogger, boomer blogger, brooklyn, deep south, education, facebook, family, friend, friends, friendship, gay, green book, learning, life lessons, movie review, music, new york, race relations, racial strife, Social media, the army, the green book, travel, writer, writers, writing