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SURRENDER CELEBRATION FOR GIVING UP

February 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Surrender celebration starts after you’re done. Whatever it was you were working on, when it’s done, you’re done. You’re not going to make anything better at some point. That’s when you need to know how to walk away.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, brand reminder, Cannon Beach, David Gillaspie, Death, education, giving up, lifestyle, lifestyle priority, man mission, memories, Mt. Hood, North Bend, old portland, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, portland directions, portland move, portland natives, surrender celebration, travel, writer, writers, writing

SELF-TALK SECRET? YOU’RE NOT THAT BAD

January 21, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Self-talk proves one thing: You’re an easy sell if you talk yourself into trouble. Then what? Talk yourself out of trouble. What did you think? And that’s where opinions differ.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: assisted suicide, athlete, athlete brain, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, Cannon Beach, care giver, David Gillaspie, education, family, fitness, football, history, inconceivable, lift weights, Love, NBA, negative self-talk, NFL, positive self-talk, pump iron, science, self-talk, sports, wife, workout, writer, writers, writing

DOWNER BEACH PLASTIC FOR BEACH TOWN

January 12, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Downer Beach shouldn’t be pretty. Neither should the beach town next to it. Whose problem is the plastic on a downer beach near a nice little tourist town? Whose problem?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beach plastic, beach town, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, Cannon Beach, David Gillaspie, downer beach, MARRIAGE, Oregon, plastic pollution, travel, writer, writers, writing

BEACH TOWN? THERE’S ONLY ONE

January 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Beach town is where I grew up. We had beaches all over the place, surrounded by beaches. But it was a bay town, a town on Coos Bay. Just not Coos Bay.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bastendorff beach, beach, beach town, blog, blogger, BOOMER, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, Cannon Beach, Coos Bay, David Gillaspie, education, family, fitness, horsefall beach, husband, husbands, MARRIAGE, my town, oregon beach, Oregon Beaches, Portland Oregon, sunset beach, travel, wife, wives, writer, writers, writing

OREGON COAST LIFE LESSON REVIEW

June 18, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Does the Oregon coast offer a different experience than other coastlines? That’s the question. The big answer is, “The Oregon coast will kill you as dead as any other coast.” So stay out of the water? Come on, it’s the beach.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aging, baby boomer, BOOMER, Cannon Beach, decent beer, MARRIAGE, married people, Oregon, Oregon Coast

ADD LOVE TO A BLUE BIRD-SEAGULL DAY

January 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Try and add love to every day, but it’s easier after a stormy night Does a clear sky clear the mind? It might, it might not, but at least it’s better than standing around in the cold, the wet, and the wind. Add a clear beach to a clear day for perfection. But not too […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: add love, Baby Boomers, blogger, boomers, Cannon Beach, language, lonely, lonely man, Love, MARRIAGE, married, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, romance, travel

BEACH WALK DOWN 2022

January 23, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Bad weather never ruins a beach walk. If you ‘go to the beach’ you’re walking that beach no matter what. That’s where the life cycles of waves and tides realign our internal rhythms, reset our internal clocks. Even if it’s cold and wet. And it’s not a difficult route to follow: Walk up the beach, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beach, beach walk, Cannon Beach, elk, life cycle, puffin, tides, walk, Walking, waves

FUKUSHIMA FEVER OR BEER

May 17, 2016 by David Gillaspie

That red line aiming for Oregon hit me with a wave of Fukushima Fever. If you don’t live on the Oregon coast, you drive to the Oregon coast. That’s how it works. If you don’t like the drive, you move there. I grew up on the Oregon coast so every time I go to the […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: baby boomer, BOOMER, Cannon Beach, chernobyl, china syndrome, coast guard, coasties, fukushima, fukushima radiation, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Ocean, Portland, radiation, sneaker wave, three mile island

Boomer Beach Means College Football?

October 10, 2013 by David Gillaspie

Not Oregon Duck Football. Lots of birds at Cannon Beach. Baby boomers love birds. Seagulls, puffins, cormorants, pelicans, crows, swallows, jays, a titmouse. The whole flock flew between Hemlock Street and Haystack Rock. Just no Ducks. Plenty of wind and rain, but no Ducks. What did Cannon Beach sports fan miss? The most engaging football being […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: baby boomer, BOOMER, Cannon Beach, college football, David Gillaspie, Ducks, ESPN, football, Marcus Mariota, Mark Helfrich, NCAA, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Oregonian, UO

How To Oregon Beach

September 26, 2013 by David Gillaspie

If you live in the valleys or plains, the first part of beach fun is getting there. All roads west end near the ocean, so set your compass. If you’re particular, or have a reservation, take a road that ends near your landing spot. Common sense works at the beach.

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Astoria, Baby Boomers, BOOMER, boomerpdx, Cannon Beach, Columbia River, Columbia River Maritime Museum, David Gillaspie, Lewis and Clark, Mutiny Brewing, Oregon, Oregon Beaches, Silicon Forest, Warren House