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LIFE INVENTORY FOR FENG SHUI BLISS

June 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Do the words ‘life inventory’ sound like something you’d do with a counselor? Why not get an early start and see how it goes on your own. Make a list, write it down, and see if you need what you’ve got. Then make a list for what you’re looking for.

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LAST ROOM AT THE END OF THE LINE

June 3, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The last room of a six stop roadie through England is the most expensive per square foot. It’s an impressive number due to the square feet. The smallest of the six, it’s on Bayswater, a half a block from the Notting Hill Gate into Hyde Park. Queen-sized bed in a queen-size bed slot tight enough […]

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LANCASTER TO CAMBRIDGE? MISSION POSSIBLE

May 30, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Lancaster to Cambridge after eight days in Thurnham Hall? Looking at a four hour drive after six hours riding around the Lake District. Luckily I had a decompression day yesterday for lifting in the gym, a sauna, and a walk out in the fields before a nice dinner. Vacation, right? Or ‘Mission Possible.’

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LONDON CALLING AND THE ANWER IS?

May 15, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The wife and I answered to London calling for the third time. For the second time we flew in on a big old jet plane, the other time was the Chunnel. Call me historically haunted, but coming into town in the same air space as the Battle of Britain is quite a bit to process. […]

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VOTE DAY WITH BALLOT ENCLOSED

May 14, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Vote day is finished with the ballot in the signature required envelope. It took about five minutes. Using a black ink pen I darkened the horizontal ovals for my people. You’re doing the same for your people? Let’s be clear who ‘our people’ are.

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EXTRA EFFORT? WHO’S THE JUDGE

May 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

There you are doing your best, trying your hardest, and a voice in your head says, ‘You’d do better with a little extra effort.’ If you’ve heard it, do you know where it come from? A coach, a teacher, a parent. “You could be somebody if you actually applied yourself.”

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RIGHT THING? YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT

May 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Doing the ‘right thing’ used to be easier. Maybe is was because baby boomers didn’t have as many choices for doing wrong? I didn’t see a lot of choices besides ‘Do what you’re told’ growing up. From parents, to teachers, to coaches, scout leaders, and beyond, we were told what to do by people we […]

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GIVING UP, BUT NOT A QUITTER?

May 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Giving up is different than quitting. Really. Quitting means done, all over, finished. The Day I Quit. Giving up is a longer process. One is a reaction, the other a journey. Who’s got the map?

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CLEAR DOWN RANGE NEW MEANING

May 3, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The first time I heard the call of “CLEAR DOWN RANGE” I was laying in the dirt with the guys, Fort Ord dirt, and trying to fit three bullets inside the diameter of a quarter. The best I got was two in with a stray nearby. The rifle range targets were a head and shoulder […]

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GUITAR PLAYERS OF THE PAST

April 30, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My guitar friends say guitar players are the same from every era. Unlike current critics of the NBA who say past greats played against milkmen and plumbers and wouldn’t survive in today’s game, musicians from the past are just a request away. Or a documentary. I recently saw The Wrecking Crew.

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