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MESA ARIZONA, CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

January 15, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Where are you right now? Do you wish you were somewhere else? Instead of working on the wish list of where you’d rather be, take a good look around. You may be in the center of the universe, like Mesa Arizona.

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MEXICO TRAVEL: PUERTO VALLARTA PERFECTION, pt3

January 14, 2018 by David Gillaspie

The top down view from the seventh floor in Old Vallarta, or Viejo Vallarta, to the square. Is it Frida Kahlo’s turquoise house? It’s the right color. If it part of the Kahlo catalogue, she’s got octopus on her self portrait. But it’s not Frida. Not enough eyebrow.

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MEXICO TRAVEL: PUERTO VALLARTA PERFECTION, pt1

January 12, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Where the heck is Puerto Vallarta? Find a good map book. Look about two thousand miles south of Portland and you’re close. West coast of Mexico below the Gulf of California.

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FIVE DIAMOND ATTITUDE: WORK IN PROGRESS

January 10, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Ultimate luxury, like crack, coke, meth, heroin, oxy, opioids in general, and cigarettes, is a hard habit to kick. I’ve worn this wristband for three weeks as a reminder of ultimate luxury, and clever marketing. It reminds me to put things back where I found them in their original luxury, and find […]

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MAKE NEW NORMAL BETTER THAN OLD NORMAL? THAT’S THE NEW JOB

January 6, 2018 by David Gillaspie

I’ll never to get used to hearing about the ‘new normal,’ which is a pretty common topic after cancer treatment. “How is your new normal?” I’ve heard. “Do you miss the things you can’t do anymore?” I’ve heard. What’s the right answer? There is no right answer, but the questions ought to serve […]

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SHOW UP LATE? APOLOGIZE AND PROMISE TO JUMP

January 5, 2018 by David Gillaspie

I’m sorry I’m late.

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CANCER TREATMENT: 5 THINGS I KNEW BEFORE STARTING

December 21, 2017 by David Gillaspie

I will submit to the cancer treatment sequence of events that may or may not do what is predicted. Like a lamb to slaughter, I would submit to whatever it took to kill the shit out of hpv16 throat cancer. In the writing world we all dream of that one ‘YES’ that […]

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SELF MYTHOLOGY: DEATH, DYING, PAT CONROY’S DAD

December 18, 2017 by David Gillaspie

What are the best stories told but the ones we tell about ourselves. From Greek gods to Steinbeck sharecroppers we can be whoever we like when we tell our own stories. Of course the best self mythology comes from the biggest liars and you can’t believe a word they say, still we need […]

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AMERICAN EDUCATION STARTS WITH THE FIRST WORD

December 15, 2017 by David Gillaspie

American education teaches and American education does some learning too, as in we learn how to teach. Isn’t that the happy ending education promises? Learn how to treat others as you would have them treat you. Why does that sound so biblical? This is where the separation does neither American public […]

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CHICKEN DINNER: WHEN CHICKENS TALK

December 14, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Too often we let days go by without notice. One chicken dinner blends into the next. June barbecued chicken turns into November roasters and it feels like a long weekend. It’s a sign we’re losing touch. At least that’s what we hear if we mention time passing at breakneck speed. If […]

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