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NEWSBREAK PORTLAND vs DIVISION STREET PORTLAND

October 7, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Newsbreak Portland reveals the city to the world. Maybe not the whole world, but the newsbreak app is working on that. Trusted by 45M users and growing – the best local & breaking news source in the US, featuring local weather, alerts, deals, events and more. What is this “and more” all about? Fear. It’s about fear, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: apple store, better life, Bollywood theater, divided portland, fear, front page, google play, local news, newsbreak, newsbreak portland, newsbreakapp, Oregon, Portland, portland neighborhood, Portland Oregon, SE Division Street, SE Portland, urban dweller

FOLLOWING TRADITIONS KEEP PORTLAND CONNECTIONS FRESH

October 6, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Following traditions isn’t always convenient: “What, we have to do this again?” But once you start, try to keep them. Sharing traditions with others makes everyone stronger.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, boomerpdx, date nights, fat old guys, following traditions, keep Portland Weird, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, Portland people, portland traditions, sharing traditions, tradition, traditions

PORTLAND BURDEN FROM DOWNTOWN TO HOMETOWN

October 3, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Every city has a dream of tranquility, prosperity, and safety. Portland, Oregon has a burden. But what is the Portland burden? The city is supposed to be better. Now what?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, boomers, burden, fear, gunshot, murder, Old Town, Oregon, PDX, police, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, PORTLAND burden, Portland Oregon, stabbing

PORTLAND HOMELESS ADVICE FROM AN OLD LADY

October 2, 2022 by David Gillaspie

The big news for Portland homeless? No home. It’s not good news for the chronically homeless who’ve been sleeping on public land. If that ends, where does everyone go?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, boomerpdx, broken people, Death, frog lake, homeless, homelessness, jobs, old lady, Oregon, peer pressure, Portland, portland homeless, Portland Oregon, self esteem

NIKE MONEY TAKES A STAND IN OREGON

September 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Nike money is set to rescue Oregon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. The Knight in shining armor supposedly sees Betsy Johnson as the answer. But first the big question: Why, Uncle Phil? Why now?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Beaverton Oregon, Betsy johnson, blogger, boomerpdx, brand, business plan, cancer, cancer survivor, good neighbor, Knight Cancer Institute, Nike, nike vision, Oregon, Oregon republican party, Oregon republicans, Phil Knight, Portland, Steve Prefontaine, sustainability, taxes

AGING UP, NOT OUT

September 26, 2022 by David Gillaspie

For aging up, you need a good role model. This is mine, my mother in law. She aged up well right until the end.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aging, aging out, aging up, Baby Boomers, business group, cancer clinic, limits, new friends, Nurturing, Oregon, paris, participate, Portland Oregon, role model, travel, women's groups

FAIR FIGHT FOR DIFFICULT BABY BOOMER TIMES

September 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A fair fight isn’t a real fight. If you’re in a fight you don’t want, what has fighting fair got to do with it? The goal of a fight you don’t want is to end it as fast as you can. This goal applies to marriage, jobs, kids, and home repair. Make it personal.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, compliments, fair, fair fight, fight, gifts, heal, healing, not worthy, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, real fight, worthy

BANNED BOOKS ON BANNED BOOK WEEK?

September 19, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Banned books sounds like a term from the Middle Ages, or the Spanish Inquisition where you might pay with your life if the wrong book was found on your property. Book bans are nothing new, and don’t last, but in our hyper-alert social medial world that makes it feel like the world is collapsing every […]

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OREGON BEAUTY FROM EVERY DIRECTION

September 18, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Oregon beauty starts with a walk out my front door. This is the view if I find the right spot, which I always do. (It’s not a mystery.) I think it would be a better without the trees, without the house, but that’s not how things work. That’s not how change happens, by wishing things […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: mary's club, Mt. Hood, Oregon, oregon beauty, Portland, Portland beaches, Portland lap, portland moment, Portland Oregon, portland picture, Portland river, Portland volcanoes, terwilliger curves

BLOG WRITER EXPLAINS TRAFFIC BUMP

September 16, 2022 by David Gillaspie

This blog writer never stops to ask, ‘Why bother,’ when it comes to writing anything. Whether I draw one reader in, or four thousand, the work is the same: Find something worth writing about, then do it in a way worth reading. Some days come in hot.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: 82nd Avenue, blog, blog traffic, blog writer, blogger, bloggers, boomerpdx, news break, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, readers, wedding, writers