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REGULAR PEOPLE DO MORE

November 12, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Regular people do what needs to get done. From doing the easy stuff, to the hard stuff, they take their shot. You’ll recognize them when you see someone and wonder why they’re out doing what they. For example:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: city life, clean clothes, down size, empty nest, entertainer house, family, good habits, good wife, home, house, kids, luxury guy, moving, neighborhood, normal people, regular people, right dog, special appeal, yard work

LIVING THAT NEW LIFE

September 3, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A new life is more than losing weight and getting a tan. More than new shoes and low socks. More than a gold chain and a green neck. What’s the new life deal this time?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: antique, antique furniture, designer, education, expensive, expensive education, fashion, fond memories, furniture, life together, married, meth house, mid-century modern, move, moving, new life, normal, office, one question, organize, remodeling, reorganize, style, theme furniture, very expensive

LEAVING TOWN IN THE 70’S, A MICRO MEMOIR

April 19, 2024 by David Gillaspie

When you say you’re leaving town for good it doesn’t start with a packed bag. You need to let the landlord know, the boss know, your friends. The best town I ever left was the Brooklyn borough of New York City. See ya, suckers.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: brooklyn, change, Coos Bay, dorm life, every day, fashion, got dumped, leaving, leaving town, memoir, micro memoir, most days, moving, new you city, normal people, philadelphia, prettiest eyes, Wall Street, wardrobe, women, work buddies

AMERICAN STORIES: MOVING ON TO NEW LAND

July 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

American stories in early Oregon were about pioneers, travel, and hard work. How hard? As hard as it’s ever been clearing land by hand. But first they had to get here. And they’re still coming.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, American History, American stories, american story, blog, blogger, boomerpdx, current events, indigenous people, moving, nature, Oregon, Oregon future, Oregon History, Oregon Trail, Portland, Portland Oregon, stories, writing

MOVING ON WHEN YOU’RE THE LAST TO KNOW

March 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Plans for moving on depend on timing: Don’t go too soon, or wait too long. If you’ve picked up and changed locations by yourself, you know the drill. Sometimes it works out better than expected. Then there’s this:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: apartment life, Baby Boomers, change, final draft, first draft, history degree, moving, MOVING ON, neighbors, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, Portland State, single people, writing

MOVING DAY ON A EURO TRAIN

September 21, 2019 by David Gillaspie

It’s feels odd to have a moving day so soon on a travel trip, but here I am killing it on a London bound train from Bruges to Lille with a change in Kortrijk. To keep things exciting the taxi came late to The Pand. He blamed dispatch. I would have blamed dispatch too. During […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bruges, bruges belgium, iphone, london, moving, paris, paris france, Paris metro, train

NEW YORK CITY 1980: HOW TO QUIT A GREAT TOWN

April 5, 2018 by David Gillaspie

New York City is easy to quit. Get on a bus, train, or plane and leave. Go ahead and be a quitter. Except moving on isn’t the same as quitting. You got promoted and the new job wasn’t in New York City? You’re significant other got promoted and their new job wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: apartment dweller, give notice, manhattan, moving, new job, new york, New York City, new yorker, quitter, suburban backyard, suburbs