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FAT SHAMING HALL OF FAME

January 18, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Fat shaming, while not new, took a new turn. A concerned partner wrote for advice on a relationship with someone gaining weight. Have you written for relationship advice? Ever? And expected a response? Me neither, but this is amazing:

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LOVE LIFE HISTORY OF THE BABY BOOMER

January 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

For a successful love life you need to make the decision all English majors make: Do you throw yourself into the fire, or coast along for the ride? Do the required reading? Or go to Cliff Notes? Checking in on an old Baby Boomer favorite from Facebook.

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LOVE LETTERS WRITTEN AND READ

January 13, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Who saves love letters? Better yet, who writes love letters? I’ve done both, and if you’re older than thirteen, so have you. So, where are they? Try and remember.

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WANT TO DO RIGHT, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW?

December 3, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Who wants to do right? Start something and doing it right seems pretty basic. But that’s not how things always turn out. Then what happens?

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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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AMERICAN RESUME SHOULD INCLUDE WHAT?

November 15, 2022 by David Gillaspie

An American resume is different for everybody. People showed up early, some late, some are on the way. All need to realize what they’re hearing when the chant of, “USA, USA, USA” starts. Too many of the cheerleaders have a poor American resume, and it shows.

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LOVE TRAIN? TICKETS PLEASE

October 16, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Does the love train run on time? That’s the question, because you want to jump on board. Instead of the love bus, or love taxi, or boat, it’s train or nothing. So, how long is long enough to wait in the station? As long as it takes. And here’s why:

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SELF ACCEPTANCE? HOLD MY BEER

October 11, 2022 by David Gillaspie

If self acceptance sounds like another woo woo to you, take another look. You are who you are, now who you were, or who you want to be. It’s that simple, and that hard. If self acceptance is not for you, then you’ve got problems. What kind of problems, you ask?

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MESA ARIZONA NEEDS A SHOWER

October 10, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Mesa Arizona is not fly-over country, but it might be drive-through country. It’s the sort of place between where you are and where you want to go. Oddly enough, not everyone shares this back-water idea. Mesa Arizona is a backwater? Not with the Salt River flowing nearby.

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HOARDING TIME: MEMORY LOSS IN AGING BOOMERS

October 9, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Hoarding time isn’t the same as a balancing a stack of newspapers, or an envelope of hairpins in a box of envelopes with hairpins. It’s not the same because hoarding time is about keeping memories, memories of loved ones, places, and things. Things are what we see when we suspect someone is a hoarder.

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