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KEEP GRINDING, WRITERS

August 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

“Keep grinding’ is the message all writers tell themselves, but not out loud. Instead, what they say is their word count for the day. Maybe it’s a thousand, maybe more. The message they send is keep grinding.

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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.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, blogger, Blogging, boomerpdx, connected, connectedness, connections, food, food blogger, gastronomique, gastronomique blogger, health, health blogger, human story, real time, responsible, responsible blogger, responsible people, story

BLOG COACH STEPS UP

July 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The blog coach call came from a man who needed help. Why call me? Because I’ve got a track record of thirty-two hundred posts on boomerpdx. Not thirty, not thirty-two, but thirty-two hundred blog posts. I’d call me too. But there’s more, so much more.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: attention, blog, blog advice, blog coach, blog posts, blogger, blogging advice, boomerpdx, coach, deegeesbb, genesis, key word, learning, readers, SEO, story, substack, twitter, wordpress, write it, writers, yoast, yoast seo

PREMIUMIZATION BLOG: VALUE BEYOND PRICE

July 7, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A premiumization blog way back in the 60’s? Never happened, but premiumized style was another story. This was THE style. No other accepted. I know this because . . .

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, boomers, collector, gentrification, hoarder, Portland Oregon, premiumizatiion blog, premiumization, premiumized style, price, value

AMERICAN STORIES: MOVING ON TO NEW LAND

July 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

American stories in early Oregon were about pioneers, travel, and hard work. How hard? As hard as it’s ever been clearing land by hand. But first they had to get here. And they’re still coming.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, American History, American stories, american story, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, current events, indigenous people, moving, nature, Oregon, Oregon future, Oregon History, Oregon Trail, Portland, Portland Oregon, stories, writing

TWITTER STARS MESSAGE ALIGNMENT

June 27, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Twitter stars are those who make you stop on a speed scroll. You need to know more, see more, do more at that moment. They are on a bus, a subway, a plane, a train. A true twitter star makes you want to be there with them.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, celebrity, facebook, live tweeting, speed scroll, tweeting, twitter, twitter stars

TAKE ‘THE PAUSE’ TO SHOW RESPECT

June 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

‘The Pause’ in this post is the moment a medical team takes after a patient dies. Whoever is in the bed deserves a moment of quiet for the life they led. I’m a fan of people understanding the idea of respect and how it’s shown. But why wait until the last moment?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American pause, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, Death, dying, facebook, family, Internet, medical team, online, Portland, read, readers, respect, thank you, the pause, twitter, write, write more, writer, writing

AUTHENTIC LIFE TO LIVE? DO IT

June 17, 2023 by David Gillaspie

An ‘authentic life’ is hard to explain? Not if you’re authentic.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: authentic life, being different, best example, best men, blog, blog writer, blogger, boomerpdx, common ground, gay man, genuine, indisputable, LGBTQIA+, pflag, Portland, San Francisco

BROKEN BLOG REPORTER

May 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Who’s got a broken blog? Who breaks their blog and gets more traffic as a result. It’s a sad yet funny story. Beginning with the name change from BoomerPdx.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, broken blog, customer service, millennials, old people, self-esteem, young people

CARING BLOGGER ASKS FOR HELP?

March 6, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If anyone asks if you know a caring blogger, what do you tell them? Them them yes, then explain what it is. In case you have trouble with the explanation, I’ll help. This is a caring blogger:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, caring blogger, chronic disease, current issues, daily blog, future recommendations, Meaning, past history, respect women, writer