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INSIDE HISTORY? FIND AN INSIDER

March 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

How does anyone get the real story inside history? Read books, watch documentaries, tour museums? That’s a good start, and for many an end to the story. But what if you want more because you know there’s more out there?

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WHAT A DOG HISTORY TIMELINE TELLS

March 2, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Dog history means one thing: time is passing and it’s not slowing down. The cute puppy, so cute it hurts, is a running clock. Theirs and yours. And it all works together. How?

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HISTORY CLASSES WITH PROFESSOR JOHNNY HORTON

February 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Dear readers, history classes are more than remembering dates and kings and generals. I know this because college changed from that to a more comprehensive picture of time and event during my protracted historical education. The standard when I graduated in 1991 included three books: a novel of the times, one writer’s opinion in a […]

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SEATTLE FREEZE WARMS TACOMA

February 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Seattle Freeze in February isn’t about the weather. It’s not about the weather in July or August, either. If it’s not freezing weather, then what is it? Attitude, a chilly attitude.

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DISPLACED WORKERS ‘RETIRED’ FROM OLD JOBS

January 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Displaced workers retire? From what? Ask a Coos Bay logger about it, or a Charleston commercial fisherman. What did they retire from? Getting jacked around by new ideas on sustainability.

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FEARLESS LIVING, AND OTHER MYTHS

December 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

The key to Fearless Living? Don’t live past a certain age. But what’s that age? The most fearless person I know is two years old, but they don’t know how fearless they are. Who among is living fearlessly past two? Who is not?

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EMPTY SEATS VANISH IN A BIGGER ROOM?

November 27, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Empty seats in a big room have a story. There’s the name tag on a table, but no one in the chair. Something happened, and like a book on a shelf that’s never opened, who cares? Maybe you ought to figure it out before more seats turn up empty. (The ‘you’ includes me, but mostly […]

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HISTORY PEOPLE IN OUR MIDST

September 21, 2022 by David Gillaspie

History people carry a little extra with them. That’s the off-putting part because too many of them add their own extras. Does history need extra, or is ‘what happened’ good enough? I’m in the ‘good enough’ camp, and here’s why:

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PORTLAND WEED: A SHORT HISTORY

August 25, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Portland weed once came out of Goose Hollow Inn men’s room. A dealer worked from a stall with a full waiting room outside, according to sources. Like all good history, BoomerPdx relies on primary sources and historical relevance to reflect past life. If that life takes a turn into hardcore drug addiction, it’s a life […]

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LONELY PEOPLE: WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM

August 14, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Lonely people come from the same place you come from. How can that be? They didn’t seem lonely. Why would they be lonely? As if you need to ask.

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