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THE LONG ROAD OF FAMILY LIFE

December 21, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

The long road of family life in the good old days started with moms and dads in the lead. Whether they loved each other like soul mates, or hated each other like oceans do shorelines, they stayed married. I’m not looking at statistical data when I say they stayed married, it’s just that I don’t […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Coos Bay, Divorce, divorced parents, family, family life, long road, married, North Bend, old days, old rivals, Oregon, Oregon Trail, parents, rival, rivalries, rivalry, road visions, senior citizen, tualatin, visions, younger people

FALLING LEAVES OF AUTUMN

November 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Falling leaves are the rule of the season. The only place without a carpet of leaves is a parking garage. But that’s Oregon, famous for trees.

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OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL THIS YEAR, NOT NEXT

October 13, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Oregon Ducks football roster includes ninety-nine players, thirty-five transferring in from other schools. They came to Saturday ranked #3, one spot below their opponent. They woke up Sunday with a one point win over #2 Ohio State. And as the new #2. How sweet is that team?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: autzen, autzen experience, Autzen Stadium, CHIP KELLY, college, college football, dan lanning, Ducks, Eugene, fairness, football, football gods, hwy 101, national champion, national championship, North Bend, ohio, Ohio state, Ohio State football, Oregon, oregon ducks football, oregon moment, reedsport, Umpqua River

BIG DECISIONS ARE TOO HARD?

September 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Big decisions come every day, one fastball after another. In the game of life, you stand in and take your cuts. You might get on base, you might strike out. Or you might opt out of the whole thing? Wait a minute.

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EMPATHY FEELINGS? LET ‘EM OUT

July 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The first time I wrote out ’empathy feelings’, spell check went to ’empty feelings.’ Empty feelings might be a better key word, just not the one I’m looking for. But I got an empty feeling scrolling through twitter, through yahoo news, and every other post was red hat related. Honest blogger that I am, it […]

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REMINDERS

July 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Who needs a Personal Development Plan? A PDP? More like who doesn’t. From cradle to grave we’re either doing personal development, or planning personal development. It’s good to have a plan to work. But if your goal, your plan, is to become a world class jackass, keep working.

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MUNDANE LIFE? CONGRATULATIONS

May 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Fear the mundane life, or celebrate the accomplishment? The more the pace of life speeds up, and you don’t, the more your effort shines. Who knew normal and ordinary could feel so good? But there’s a problem. Not everyone gets it.

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REWRITING HISTORY: HOW HARD CAN IT BE

April 15, 2024 by David Gillaspie

People are rewriting history all of the time and don’t know it. If you repeat what you’ve heard to one person, and it turns out to be not accurate, what’s the big deal? Not so big for one person, but what if you repeat what you know to be false to millions of people? Do […]

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THESE DAYS, BALANCE EACH ONE

April 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

These Days was a Jackson Browne song from years gone by. It’s a downer from a self-proclaimed loser with a CW beat. All these years later it still hits just right:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: adversity, brighter days, comfort, hospital, Jackson Browne, joyful moments, North Bend, promises, these days, wife

RULE BOOK FOR EARLY 70’S DATING: DID YOU FOLLOW IT?

March 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The rule book for dating in the early 1970’s came from rock lyrics. But not just any rock lyrics. This isn’t about the free love sixties, even if it had a nice ring to it. It’s about getting on down the road.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blame, brothers, california, college stars, crying, date, dating, drugs, fly away, Folsom prison, football, high school, Love, love you, MARRIAGE, married, North Bend, relationship, rock and roll, rock lyrics, rule book, salinas, self esteem, sex, sisters, small towns