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TRUE JOY, A COMPENDIUM

December 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Who thinks of true joy as the day your parents permitted you to ride your bike to your pals house a couple of streets over? They trusted you because you demonstrated proficiency on your street. Now you were one of the big guys. When you got that first bike you wanted to ride it everywhere. […]

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WRITING CLASSES? THE WRONG WRITING CLASS

December 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Who has taken writing classes? Everyone who went to high school, went to college, or joined a writers’ group. It starts early and keeps going. By that standard, everyone is a writer? Yes, you are. Here’s why:

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AMERICAN PIE REVIEW

October 28, 2023 by David Gillaspie

I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buckWith a pink carnation and a pickup truck The song came out in 1971. My older brother had a pickup truck. After he graduated high school it became my pickup truck. But not really.

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LEAVING TOWN? GOING HOME? NOT EXACTLY

August 27, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Leaving town is one thing. It’s different for everyone. How different? Some never come back. But we all carry parts of town, growing up in a place, with us. Nothing shows it more than a high school reunion on the long side.

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BROKEN DREAMS? HERE’S THE GLUE

March 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Broken dreams need more than glue, but you’ve got to start somewhere. Will glue fix the hurt from a broken heart? Will it help heal connections? Can glue bring back the good feelings you remember? If you are the glue, there’s a chance.

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WEIGHT LOSS: DOES MY MAN MUU MUU MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

December 23, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Weight loss is a cruel joke on December 23rd. Christmas cookies, Christmas candy, Christmas cake and pie? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Eat it or risk hurting someone’s feelings. Eat it and say you liked it.

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PERSONAL RIVALRIES? WE ALL HAVE THEM

October 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Personal rivalries started early and close to home. We had kids down the street who challenged us to rock fights, tree house building, and dogs. And they won every time. It set me up for a lifetime of personal rivalries.

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HARD TRUTH FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE

August 17, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Hard truth comes in one flavor, and it’s not sweet. It’s more of a gag-reflex flavor. You listen, want to disagree, but you keep listening instead. Then you go to the ICU? Maybe.

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LIFE MOMENTS FOR NORMAL MEN

August 16, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Life moments come when you least expect them. When things work out better than planned? Life moment right there. Things work out worse than planned? What do you call that?

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EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL? AN EARLY UNDERSTANDING

March 25, 2022 by David Gillaspie

I remember thinking of equal rights my senior year in high school. In 1973, just before graduation where everyone would trek off and change the world, some of the class boarded a bus in front of the school. While we waited to leave, Principal Stuckey came out and played his bagpipes in a kilt. It’s […]

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