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TRAVEL SCHEDULE? KEEP IT FLEXIBLE

June 8, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A travel schedule works right up until it doesn’t. You get to the airport early only to find out the plane is late, the gate has changed, and it took a minute to lose your boarding pass. Still, you remain calm and collected and make plans to overcome problems, just like real life. But travel […]

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FAMILY HISTORY: DIVE IN THE WATER’S FINE

June 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Family history has it that my wife’s Grandfather was in Dunkirk in 1940 and her Dad sailed with the Arctic convoys bringing supplies to Russia. One was in the English Army, the other the Royal Navy. Who knew? What happened to Grandpa after Dunkirk? We know Dad found his true love in Bath, England and […]

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LIFE ENHANCING FOR CHANGE?

May 27, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Life enhancing, like everything else, is different for everyone. For some it’s being an online social influencer, and it’s hard work for those guys. They get up at four in the morning, take a cold shower, and hang upside down on their custom inversion table. Why? More blood to the brain. But you knew that.

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OVER DAVE, THE OTHER OD IN OLD ENGLAND

May 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Over Dave doesn’t carry the usual symptoms of a drug overdose. Instead of sleepiness, confusion, and coma, which would be unhelpful for navigating from the shotgun seat, it’s more of a stiff arm. You need to defend against this kind of overdose or else it can be overwhelming. The first time I heard about it […]

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BLAME ENGLAND FOR THAT?

May 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Blame England? For what? For being so green, so lush, so historical with its leftover Roman roots? For having current people renting and living in four or five hundred year old houses? Go ahead and blame England for anything you want and you’ll be able to find evidence backing it up. Just make it good. […]

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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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REGRET FREE LIVING? OK BOOMER

May 7, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Regret free living is a goal to start out, then things change. One day anything is possible. The next? Not so much. Somehow we learn about our limitations, that we need to accept things as they are. But, correct me if I’m wrong, there’s still some wiggle room.

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HARD LOVE DADDY ON A HEALTH KICK

April 16, 2024 by David Gillaspie

I saw hard love work on my Dad after he got his heart fixed. No smoking for the old chimney. The doc said it, the family said it, the friends said it. You’d say it too.

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LIFE PLANS? MAKE THEM SOONER THAN LATER

April 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Who makes life plans? Who has a life plan? I don’t, but my wife does. Always has. She’s got a plan for everything, then back-up plans for every possibility along with back-up plans for the back-up plans. But I knew this from the start. How?

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PERSONAL CONDITIONING FOR BETTER LIVING

March 30, 2024 by David Gillaspie

What’s the first sign you look for when see someone for the first time? For some people it’s a watch, for others it’s shoes. Or a haircut, a jacket. Maybe fancy fingernails. But no matter what you see someone wearing, what stands out first is their personal conditioning.

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