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HOBBY BLOGGER EXPLAINS: WHY BOTHER WRITING?

November 6, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Hobby blogger here, busy counting vanity metrics. Google analytics reports traffic from Seattle, not so much from Portland. West Coast readers show up more than any other region in the country. Call me a West Coast hobby blogger? I’ll take it, but . . .

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GROWING HOPE ON FALLOW LAND

November 4, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Growing hope is my hope. Why? Because I like hopeful people. They do things I might try to do, go places I might like to go. In my work life I choose hope. Family life? I choose hope. Here’s now to grow hope in what feels like barren land.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, cancer cure, democrat, fallow land, family tree, Growing, growing hope, hope, hopeful people, North Bend Oregon, Oregon, Portland Oregon, vote democrat

ELECTION GUIDE? VOTE LIKE FAMILY

November 3, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Election guide 2022 sponsored by Phil Knight? Vote like Mr. Knight if you share common values. He’s a businessman, Oregon’s claim to membership in the billionaires club. And he’s competitive in how he sees money spent, so he’s working as an election guide? Unfortunately, his picks come with overweight baggage fees.

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RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM vs COMPLIANCE AND LIFE FORCE

November 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Rugged individualism: the life force that separates quitters from finishers. Ask one of them why they do hard things and expect a question in return: “Why not?” It’s a confidence builder, and role to model. Then there’s personal compliance, which shouldn’t be a problem, but . . .

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VOTE BLUE FOR A BETTER YOU, MILLENNIALS

October 31, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Vote Blue ‘for a chance’ to be a better you is more like it. “But what’s a better me, BoomerPdx?” Sure, go ahead and ask a blogger that question and don’t be too surprised at the answer. Is there a right answer?

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RECOMMENDED READING: T.C. BOYLE’S ‘GOING DOWN’

October 29, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Recommended reading for writers? Common advice is to read everything, whatever that means. Do I read everything? Everything in a bookstore, or library? No, I read for inspiration, I read for cause, and my cause is writing.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, book, books, boomerpdx, common advice, education, experienced teacher, inspire, Kilgore trout, Kurt Vonnegut, read everything, reading, reading books, recommended reading, TC Boyle, teacher, twitter, writer, writers, writing

INSPIRE CHANGE WITH DEEDS AND WORDS

October 28, 2022 by David Gillaspie

“Inspire change” are not just pretty words to say. You can say it, write it, but there’s more: Show it. Remember the writer’s trope of, ‘Show, don’t tell?’ Do both to inspire change.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Berlin wall, blogger, boomerpdx, change, education, educational, educational moment, good deeds, historical education, inspire, inspire change, Portland, Portland Oregon, Soviet Union, vote, writer, writers trope

TENDER BAR, A PLACE EVERYONE NEEDS

October 27, 2022 by David Gillaspie

The Tender Bar is a book, a memoir, and a movie. A book and a movie, for the deuce. But it’s more than a book or a movie, it’s a destination I stopped in for a drink yesterday, but it was the wrong bar.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Ben Affleck, blogger, book, boomerpdx, coming of age, father figure, George Clooney, long island, movie, tender bar, the tender bar, writer, writers, writing

DOG WALKING TO START A BETTER WORLD

October 26, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Dog walking for a ‘better world’ sounds pretty good. But what’s a better world? Let’s start with a cleaner world.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: better health, blogger, boomerpdx, christine drazen, cleaner world, dental health, dog, dog walking, election laws, fixing problems, good dog, gun lobby, life lesson, midterm elections, NRA, oregon governor, Oregon primary, professional scofflaw, republican oregon, voting, Walking

TAKING ADVICE? DID ANYONE ASK PORTLAND PEOPLE ABOUT FENG SHUI?

October 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Taking advice is an art. So is giving advice. Can anyone giving advice no one wants to hear even listen? That’s a problem that needs work.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: advice, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, Feng Shui, giving advice, homeless, homeless camps, lifestyle, Oregon, Oregon people, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, Portland people, taking advice