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FILLING TIME AND SPACE, ADDING AND SUBTRACTING

November 14, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

If you make any effort filling time and space for your own benefit, there are always side effects. You want to be strong, stay strong, and still fit in your clothes. You want to be good, look good, and make a difference in your community. You want things, but they’re hard to reach, hard to […]

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VANPORT OREGON HISTORY MARKER

November 13, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

There’s a lot of learning going on when you stop at an Oregon History sign. We were headed to the Expo Center for the RV Show, me and my wife. Wife: Look, an historical marker. Want to stop? Me: No. So we stopped, we stopped for a section on Vanport, Oregon history.

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THE TRUTH, GETTING A HANDLE

November 8, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Getting a handle on the truth shouldn’t be a big hurdle to clear. All it takes is a little self-awareness. The truth is your friend if you’re not too sketchy. Will it set you free? Well . . . It depends on the sort of shackles your used to.

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ONE STORY ENDS, ANOTHER BEGINS

November 2, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

At a certain age you know how the story ends. Things change, someone moves, you drift away. But you still have memories, sweet memories, and that’s enough? Noooooo. A good, long, “Noooooooo.”

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DOWNTOWN PORTLAND CLEAN AND SAFE?

October 28, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

A reminder of how clean and safe downtown Portland on a trash can? I’ll take it. Clean and safe. That’s my starting point, my mind set, which doesn’t mean I’m skipping around like it’s the happiest place on earth. We all know where that is. (Hey Bridgette) Downtown Portland is the crossroads of the world […]

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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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CITY LIFE SHARING: PORTLAND OREGON

October 25, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

City life sharing means getting the family together one way or another for a public event. In a hotel ballroom. For the occasion I wore my ballroom camel hair coat handed down from my father in-law, my bolo tie from Grandpa Marshall, a Columbia vest, and my whitest white shirt over my extra-white t-shirt. I […]

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HOW TO VOTE CORRECTLY IN 2026 FOR MILLENNIALS

October 24, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

If millennials vote correctly in 2026, their voice will be heard since they replaced baby boomers as the largest generation currently crowding everyone younger. Speaking for all boomers, I offer apologies to Gen Z, Alpha, and Beta. And this to the millennials: your welcome. Now that they’re older they’ve discovered yearnings for what they’ve taken […]

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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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