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NW PORTLAND FROM 1980 TO YESTERDAY

April 22, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I take snap shots of NW Portland, not out of nostalgia but celebration, where you walk past buildings like this block after block. It’s the only area in town where authentic city life happens, where new people arrive, settle in, and walk from apartment to work. That’s the plan, the dream, and when it works […]

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GIVING BACK TO PORTLAND STARTS WITH A TOUR GUIDE

April 14, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Giving back sounds like something you do just before dying. It’s either the death of the giver, or the death of the receiver. Now I know what you might be thinking: give back, or give up? Neither one fits the bill of the giving back I’m doing, which is?

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PICK A SIDE AND STAY THERE, OR NOT

April 13, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

What’s the problem when you pick a side? You’re stuck. You talked the talk, walked the walk, then something changed. But you’re stuck. Either stay on the bus as it goes off the bridge, or hit your eject button.

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DAVIDPDX @ boomerpdx, A REGAL OREGON BLOG REVIEW

April 12, 2026 by David Gillaspie 2 Comments

When I look for an Oregon blog I google ‘oregon blogs.’ Does that sound right to you? Good, it should. What isn’t right is the first listing, an unfriendly welcome to sign in and ‘keep up with the topics, feeds, and trends that matter to you.’ In a search for ‘oregon blogs’ the topic is […]

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PORTLAND PINK DAY

March 20, 2026 by David Gillaspie

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END OF THE LINE . . . “ARE WE THERE YET”

March 18, 2026 by David Gillaspie

It’s one thing to see the end of line, a whole other to drive past the start in Newport, Oregon. If I have a full tank of gas I hit empty after 460 miles. Eight tanks later, give or take, I’d be in Boston. Might take a week of 500 mile freeway days, or two […]

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HIDDEN SONGS OF THE OREGON COAST

March 15, 2026 by David Gillaspie

People play their guitar in the basement alone looking for hidden songs. Hidden songs? There you are moving around the fretboard and something sounds different. You play it again. Nice. While you play you remember the old times you had when you were younger. Like yesterday.

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COLD WET OREGON WITH EXTRA WATER

March 14, 2026 by David Gillaspie

On a cold wet Oregon day the beach was covered as far as the eye could see, and since it’s flat you can see a long way. Jelly fish, man of war, or whatever it was, it was a mass die-off of squishy critters up and down the beach, a purple carpet of goo to […]

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BIG TIME FOR BIG CITY PORTLAND, AND OREGON

March 11, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Big city Portland gets the name for being the biggest city in the state. How big? The next biggie, Eugene, is three times smaller, rounded up and down for 600k people in one, 200k in the other. (K = 1000)

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NORTH BEND IN THE OREGON HISTORY CENTER

March 10, 2026 by David Gillaspie

This is North Bend in 1940. Something is missing, though. I-5 is missing, but there’s something else. These baby boomers and their memory, you never know what you’re getting.

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