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GIVING THANKS TO CAREFUL READERS

November 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Giving thanks for anything is a good idea. It only gets funky when you try to work it into something else, like the opposite of thanks. Would that be irony? But a sweet thank-you is not the same as a hearty F-you. All cleared up?

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THANKSGIVING GIVERS GIVE MORE THAN THEY KNOW

November 23, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Thanksgiving givers showed up after I moved to Portland, Oregon in 1980. I was gone a short time to learn how people get engaged and unengaged. The lesson I learned sunk in while I trolled Brooklyn, NY. Then it was time to come back.

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