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CLASSIC REACTION TO FEAR OF NEW READERS

July 28, 2025 by David Gillaspie

My classic reaction to any fear? RUN AWAY. It’s how I react to new readers, new writers, new people. Every new thing needs attention, needs a response, needs validation, needs time. A serious blogger can’t run away from everything. But, there are reasons . . .

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LIFE LONG LEARNING STARTS WITH A CALL

July 8, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Life long learning doesn’t end with the last school day, the last class, the last good-bye. It doesn’t end with a diploma, a certificate, or a license. Those indicate the culmination of a training sequence, but the learning is just starting. Now you find out what you need to know, which is . . . […]

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COOK PARK BALLOON DAY

June 21, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Cook Park has an event every year, the annual balloon festival. We talk about going every year, but we’ve missed a couple. Not this year. And I found myself saying the same thing to anyone who’d listen.

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PET LOVERS SHARING THE EXPERIENCE

May 28, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Pet lovers are the best. They have their pride and joy and love giving it their attention. Naturally they want to share what makes them so happy, which is why they’re the best. So go ahead and pet their dog, their cat. Whistle with their bird. Tickle their turtle. In this case it started with, […]

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ONE UP: DOES IT MAKE YOU BETTER?

May 5, 2025 by David Gillaspie

After watching the Jack Black one up skit on SNL, I’m fascinated. Why is it so funny? Is it because they take ordinary events and things and elevate them to virtue? Let’s find out.

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SWITCHING UP FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER

March 17, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Switching up with anything is every man’s dream. Unless you’re thinking of suburban guy. He’s not changing anything. That’s the lifestyle of the American Dream. A house, a yard, neighbors, kids, mail comes on time, good library, a job that makes it all affordable. And there’s more:

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HOMESICK FEELING FOR LIFE, A GOOD THING

February 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

If you’ve never had that homesick feeling, it doesn’t mean you hate your home. I think of it as more of a time than a location. Not that we grow out those feelings, we just remember them differently the further we roam. Do you remember that time?

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STAYING COMPETITIVE, WITH YOURSELF

February 18, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Staying competitive can be a life goal. It means staying sharp, alert, ready. Being quietly competitive is one thing; you may bring out the best in you. Loud competition can be a problem, such as?

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KEEN INSIGHTS, OR CULTURAL VOID

January 31, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Keen insights are what I’m looking for. I want to know what I don’t know in a useful way. A new way to pull a nail, thread a needle, boil water. If it’s new and insightful, sign me up. What I’m not looking for?

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THE LONG ROAD OF FAMILY LIFE

December 21, 2024 by David Gillaspie

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 […]

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