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GOLDEN SILENCE? WHAT’S THAT ALL ABOUT

January 20, 2026 by David Gillaspie

I’ve experienced golden silence? Nooooo. But I’ve come close. Like the time I woke up in a tent while spending the night on a mountain I’d climbed. So quiet, at first, then the sniffing sound. Since it was Alaska, it may have been a bear. I was silent.

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TRY ME? EVERY FATHER’S HOPE

September 25, 2025 by David Gillaspie

“I’ve got three boys,” a former football star said. “I’ve got to stay in shape because they’re going to try me.” Try me? Do we all know what that means? Probably not if you didn’t try your Dad. But you did. Right? You did? How did that work out for you? How does it ever […]

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POWER COUPLE OF THE LAST NFL GAME OF THE YEAR

February 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Power Couple? You and who you’re with. But there are others of note, especially today. What day? Super Bowl Day, or the last time my wife says, “Is there a game on, a big game, a REALLY BIG GAME,” dripping with fake enthusiasm. My answer (with authentic hype-man energy): “They’re all big, honey. It’s the […]

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MARRYING KIND? HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE

August 1, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Being the marrying kind takes practice. Eventually things work themselves out. From the relationship vault: A few weeks into a sizzling new romance, Lovey and I were in my Lovejoy apartment late one night when the building buzzer started and wouldn’t stop. I got up and pushed the front door button. After all, the place […]

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PORTLAND STREETS, pt.2: THE WALK

February 27, 2014 by David Gillaspie

Every town, city, or bump in the road has somewhere you shouldn’t be. You’re new, you don’t know the lay of the land, and you get caught. What happens next tells you who you really are. One place you shouldn’t have to worry about is walking down NW 21st in Portland, Oregon. Most of the […]

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