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LIVING LARGE? WHAT’S THE SECRET

August 12, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Living large usually means more than drawing a breath. Most people compare themselves to others for reference. Not me. My large living is no secret:

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YOU WANT ME TO WANT TO?

July 17, 2024 by David Gillaspie

In Patrick DeWitt’s novel French Exit, the mom asks her thirty-two year old son to get something for her. “Please bring me my cup.” “I will if you want me to.” “I want you to want to.” And he obeys. So I ask . . .

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REAL THINGS THAT GET MORE REAL, LIKE FEELINGS

March 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Real things are not a mystery. Maybe mysterious, but not a mystery. For that we can thank science. And thank some blogger for posting images too small to read. More mystery? Not with the right solution.

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ROSE GARDEN FLOWER GIRL TEST

June 25, 2023 by David Gillaspie

When the rose garden calls how do you answer? There’s only one answer when it includes a birthday for a flower girl. And with a flower girl. With four flower girls? It started two weeks ago.

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GAME CLOCK FUN? IT’S ALWAYS RUNNING

January 15, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The game clock of life runs and runs, and it’s running fast. We still like to think we all start the same. No one notices the difference since we’re so busy doing other things. Maybe you’re heard that life happens when you’re doing other things? What other things?

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HAPPY TIMES FOR HAPPY PEOPLE. ARE YOU HAPPY YET?

September 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Happy times don’t always show up in the present. Sometimes you have to get through things first. Then, on looking back, you see it. You were happy and didn’t know it.

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WATCHING TELEVISION AND WONDERING IF ‘THE ONE’ IS RIGHT

March 15, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Watching television with my wife usually means murder mystery. The English-ier the better. Lately we’ve drifted into Law and Order: SVU. It’s always full of grizzly details that makes my skin crawl. Most recently we saw The One and my skin is still crawling. Is it good question to ask? Do you think you’re The […]

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YOU HAVE FEELINGS? DO THEY SAY HAPPY?

December 19, 2016 by David Gillaspie

HOW TO TELL IF YOU’RE HAPPY You’ve heard it before, whether you’re ten, thirty-four, or seventy-four years old. Balance. Say it like they said, “Plastic,” in The Graduate. Life, or a good life, depends on balance. Think moderation. Most of the time you hear this and nod and agree like the fat man who […]

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