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FILLING TIME AND SPACE, ADDING AND SUBTRACTING

November 14, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

If you make any effort filling time and space for your own benefit, there are always side effects. You want to be strong, stay strong, and still fit in your clothes. You want to be good, look good, and make a difference in your community. You want things, but they’re hard to reach, hard to […]

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VANPORT OREGON HISTORY MARKER

November 13, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

There’s a lot of learning going on when you stop at an Oregon History sign. We were headed to the Expo Center for the RV Show, me and my wife. Wife: Look, an historical marker. Want to stop? Me: No. So we stopped, we stopped for a section on Vanport, Oregon history.

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GRAVEYARD WALK IN A GARDEN OF STONE

November 12, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

My father is buried in the veteran’s section of a Klamath Falls graveyard. I voted for the Willamette National Cemetery but he lived near Klamath Falls so it made sense. The last time I visited was a dark, rainy, day with the irrigation pipes laid out and sprinklers helicoptering around.

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VETERANS DAY, 2026

November 11, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Behind every veteran on Veterans Day are people who got them on their way. In this photo the force of nature is on the right. It’s my Mom.

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HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WITH EVELYN BANKO

November 10, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Last night my wife and I, along with our friends Barry and Phyllis, attended a Holocaust remembrance in the Tigard library. Please join us on the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht for a witnessing by the local Holocaust survivor Evelyn Banko. She will be talking about her experiences under Nazi persecution in Austria, and her […]

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TAKING PART IN FAMILY LIFE

November 9, 2026 by David Gillaspie 2 Comments

Family life takes time. Ask the Baldwins with their seven kids. Keep that in mind, you youngsters, when you decide it’s time to join in. Join the club, the family club, sooner than later. Why?

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THE TRUTH, GETTING A HANDLE

November 8, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Getting a handle on the truth shouldn’t be a big hurdle to clear. All it takes is a little self-awareness. The truth is your friend if you’re not too sketchy. Will it set you free? Well . . . It depends on the sort of shackles your used to.

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‘DOING RESEARCH’ AND OTHER EXCUSES

November 7, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

What counts as doing research? For writers it’s an easy answer: Everything is research. And because everything is research, the trick is finding what matters more. Is it writing about where you are, how you feel, the people you’re with? The correct answer? All of the above.

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TWO STORIES + ONE MAN = GREAT LITERATURE? OK LEO

November 6, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Where does great literature come from? From more than two stories, but first about ‘that man.’ The great literature man. Where does he come from?

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GRACE AND DIGNITY FOR AGING MILLENNIALS

November 4, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I became my ‘brother’s keeper’ through misjudgment, and it wasn’t my brother but my father in-law. Same idea, though. I think it’s the same idea. And it was misjudgment, not a mistake. What happened?

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