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BLOG CONTENT OR JUST A NORMAL EVENT

October 27, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Blog content goes one way or another? Noooo. It’s goes wherever it goes and takes you, and the writer, which is me, along. Things don’t always match up the way imagined, like writing a post of great importance that gets five hits. What was it lacking?

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CAUTIOUS BABY BOOMER BLOGGER VISION

October 26, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

As a cautious baby boomer blogger harvesting stories and insights for more than four thousand (4031) blog posts running seven hundred and fifty words each, on average, comes to more than three million words. Divide that by 90,000, the sweet spot number of words in a novel, and if I were a novelist I’d have […]

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PDX WOOD A WELCOME SIGHT

October 21, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Call it PDX wood, Portland wood, Oregon wood. Or call it what it is, Douglas Fir from the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua. And call it a nice wall. It’s nice in a way, but unfinished looking. Your call:

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PORTLAND TRAVEL NOTES: THE BOOKENDS

October 20, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

This is the flat spot in the river bank where people used to take a break. Whether coming up from the Columbia River, or down on the Willamette, this was the original rest stop for paddlers. Then it grew, grew some more, and for those of us who’ve traded punches on her streets, it’s all […]

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WIFE WALKING FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS

October 14, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I see couples walking, wife walking, the woman in front, the man a few steps back. You can tell it’s wife walking when the woman goes into a shop and the man finds a seat outside and stares at his phone. My wife and I walked past two places that looked interesting, though not to […]

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LONG MARRIAGE, WITH AGREEMENT DEALS

September 30, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

If you are in a marriage, long or short, bride or groom, and it’s your first one, you are aware of certain deals, made aware of certain deals, from the start. They begin with to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, […]

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ARMY ENLISTMENT? HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

September 7, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Me: Today is my Army enlistment anniversary. Did you remember. Wife: It’s also the day my Mom died. Me: It is? I mean, yes, it is, and also my anniversary. Wife: I’m glad you remember it. Me: And there’s another thing to celebrate on the same date. Wife: What?

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WANTED MAN vs NEEDED. THERE’S A DIFFERENCE?

September 5, 2026 by David Gillaspie

If you’re waiting for a wanted man to make life better, you’ll be waiting a minute. This man was a one-float parade around Silverton during my last visit. You could hear him from blocks away with his booming sound system blasting AC/DC. When I left, he followed my car out of town, then turned back […]

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ONE QUESTION, ONE ANSWER, OR . . .

August 19, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Ask one question, just one, and if you know each other, things start clicking, woman or man. If you don’t know each other? Good luck. Maybe don’t ask anything. It’s not any particular question we’re talking about; it could be anything. “Is that a new car?”

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MATTRESS SHOPPING + BABY BOOMER = MARRIAGE COUNSELING

August 14, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Go mattress shopping and expect to find more than a mattress. Like what? The outstanding feature to me is meeting people who quote $20,000 for a new bed. Sound normal to you? Not to me, and here’s why:

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