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BRAVE BLOGGER? HOW BRAVE

October 13, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

It’s hard to explain bravery, as in a brave blogger, to a little girl when you scream like a little girl at the same things they scream about. Mouse? EEEEEK. Rat? EEEEEEEEK. Spider? Run for it. It started out so normal.

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CASUAL BIRD WATCHING WITH BABY DUCK

October 11, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Casual bird watching is just a short drive away to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. You never know what you’ll see, like this Egret. A special egret. Why special? It has friends. An egret and a blue heron together?

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FISHING FAILURE = TRY AGAIN

October 10, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

What makes for a fishing failure? Bad weather, wrong bait, no bites. If that happens too many times, what do you do? You want some salmon, you live in Oregon, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

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FAILING FUN = TRY AGAIN

October 9, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

No one sets a course for failing fun. But who’s kidding who. Those who never fail haven’t tried hard enough. But if you keep track of such things, failing fun happens every day. Is it really fun, though?

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FAILED BLOG DIFFERENT THAN A FAILED MOVIE

October 8, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

BoomerPdx is a failed blog. (Does that make me a failed blogger? Uh oh) After a Portland run to the art museum I came home and reviewed the evening. You know what they say about writers? We get to live things twice: Once in real life, once on the page. Except I got sidetracked on […]

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FAILED MOVIES FIND FACEBOOK LIFE

October 7, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

How many times on a Facebook scroll do you find posts on failed movies, usually movies I haven’t seen to know if they failed, or how they failed, with a caption like: “Ignored and pulled from screens just after release has aged like fine wine.” Or, “while considered a failure on it’s first release it […]

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THE LAST NUCLEAR BLAST

October 6, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

The last nuclear blast ended WWII? Japan had a hard time deciding what to do, surrender unconditionally, or what. The ‘or what’ began with Hiroshima and ended with Nagasaki, skipping Kokura twice. I visited the two men in charge of the new nuclear bomb. They were quiet. So was I.

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SAM QUINONES ON IMPORTANT WRITING

October 5, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

What’s better than a writer hyping important writing, the importance of writing, and at the same time telling us about their favorite writing book from a dead writer? If that’s not writing advice, I don’t know what is. Good writing advice is hard to come by. Will it make you a better writer, you ask? […]

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CHEESECAKE FACTORY v ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL: A STUDY

October 4, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Timeless design. Classic vision. Tasteful architecture. What more could anyone want from the Cheesecake Factory? Or, St. Paul’s Cathedral?

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PORTLAND NARRATION WITH MEL BROWN AT THE JACK LONDON

October 3, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Yesterday I wrote a post about two ladies walking around Portland like they knew where they were going. They did know where they were going, but there was a hitch. They weren’t alone. The Heart of Portland followed along.

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