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HOMEWARD BOUND FOR NORTH BEND TOWN

August 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Homeward bound will always be North Bend, Oregon. For me, maybe not you. What feels like a nice memory is more than that. Let’s go with a living testament to the hardworking people who still call it home. Hard working?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bulldog, class of 1973, Coos Bay, family, fishermen, fishing, hard work, hardworking people, high school reunion, homeward bound, logging town, North Bend, North Bend Bulldogs, North Bend High School, Oregon, pumped up, seventies, work

LIFE GOALS: CLIMB THE LADDER, WANDER AROUND, OR BOTH

August 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Life goals bring everything into focus the way the right rug ties a room together. It starts with a list of things to accomplish by a certain year and an ambitious plan for doing it. There’s the calendar with each day, week, month, year, with room to pencil in your progress. And you are progressing, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: advice, ambition, best advice, blogger, boomerpdx, career, career ladder, everyday people, goal oriented, goals, kindred spirit, ladder, life goals, Love, Oregon, Portland, wander, wander around, wandering around

VENARDOS CIRCUS LIFE, AND MINE TOO

August 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Venardos Circus showed up on the calendar as a nice family outing with the children. It was perfect timing before they got too old to enjoy the spectacle of The Big Top. Don’t the mid-thirties seem just about right? We were a party of husbands, wives, a ten year old, a toddler, and more. But […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: circus, families, kaiser oregon, Kevin venardo, magic, magical, Oregon, Portland, ringmaster, venardos circus

PHILADELPHIA TIME STANDING STILL

August 15, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Philadelphia time passed by these stadiums and arenas in South Philly. It’s a shot from the Seventies with Veteran’s Stadium, JFK Stadium, with The Spectrum in between. The Phillies and Eagles played in The Vet, The 76ers in The Spectrum, with the annual Army v Navy game at JFK. Not. Any. More.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: arenas, NBA, NFL, northwest, Oregon, philadelphia, Philadelphia Eagles, philadelphia time, Portland, Portland Oregon, portland urban renewal, real estate, Seattle, sports, stadiums, time, veterans memorial coliseum

EARTH BURDEN GROWS WITH POPULATION

August 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If the earth burden grows with population, will it shrink with a population decrease? Not when we hear about ‘forever chemicals.’ How does anyone rebound from a ‘forever’ problem? By the way, ‘forever’ is spelled PFAS.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, cancer, cat, clean air, clean water, dogs, earth burden, EARTH DAY, EPA, forever chemicals, Oregon, Pets, PFAS, pollution, population, Portland, portland harbor, superfund site, teflon

HIGH TEMPERATURE TUNED IN, NOW TURN IT DOWN

July 22, 2023 by David Gillaspie

High temperature during a heat wave is no one’s idea of a good time. Who says, “It’s not hot enough,” during a heat wave? You’ve heard it before: “It’s hot, yes, but not that hot.” Who says that?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Arizona, blogger, bloggers, boomerpdx, climate, climate change, climate reality, climate test, global warming, heat wave, high temperature, hot day, Oregon, salesman, scare tactic, Southwest Oregon

INTERCONNECTION BLOGGER FOR CLIMATE DUBIOUS

July 21, 2023 by David Gillaspie

We need an interconnection blogger to sell climate change to the disbelievers. The scientists aren’t getting it done. Celebrities are trying but coming up short. Where is that blogger to tie it all together?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, california, clean solar, climate change, climate denier, climate dubious, coal power, covid, dirty energy, energy transmission, interconnection blogger, lung cancer, midwest, Oregon, pollution, reading, renewable energy, wind energy

TRANSPORTATION DIARY: PUBLIC RIDES

July 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A transportation diary clears up what is and what isn’t public transportation. It’s a bus, or a train, not your mom’s mini van. How many times have you counted on public transportation? My first daily bus ride started in Philadelphia.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bus, bus buddies, commuter, diary, new york, Oregon, philadelphia, Portland, Portland Oregon, public transportation, social event, subway, transportation, transportation diary

PREMIUMIZATION BLAZERS DEBUT

July 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Premiumization Blazers are who we see play after the Lillard Era ends. Has it ended? After last night’s Summer League game it sure looks done. And now?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: community, Damian Lillard, NBA, Oregon, oregon life, ownership, Paul Allen, Phil Knight, Portland Oregon, Portland Trail Blazers, premiumization blazers, summer league

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