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YOUNG PEOPLE NEED BETTER NARRATIVE FROM ELDERS?

August 22, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Young people want to hear from the olds? They need a better narrative from us? Us boomers? Sure they do, just like you did when you were young. We heard something, but what it was ain’t exactly clear.

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HARD TRUTH FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE

August 17, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Hard truth comes in one flavor, and it’s not sweet. It’s more of a gag-reflex flavor. You listen, want to disagree, but you keep listening instead. Then you go to the ICU? Maybe.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: ammo, associations, college, democracy, education, guns, hard truth, high school, hometown, identity, insurrection, jan. 6, liar, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, truth, voting

LIFE MOMENTS FOR NORMAL MEN

August 16, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Life moments come when you least expect them. When things work out better than planned? Life moment right there. Things work out worse than planned? What do you call that?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, big life, BOOMER, college, education, high school, life, life experience, life moments, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon

LONELY PEOPLE: WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM

August 14, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Lonely people come from the same place you come from. How can that be? They didn’t seem lonely. Why would they be lonely? As if you need to ask.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, Eleanor Rigby, history, lonely, lonely people, Oregon, pop music, Portland, sound of silence, the Beatles, writers

DIVISION STREET, NOT DIVIDED PORTLAND

August 13, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Division Street is not some hotbed of urban problems with people taking sides. In the southeast 30’s it’s a home stretch for Portland people moving to Oregon. Even better, it’s been a neighborhood, a changing neighborhood, for people who put down roots decades ago.

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LEGAL LITERACY: HOW THE LAW WORKS

August 9, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Legal literacy helps allay fear of the courtroom. Unless you work there, walking into a courtroom the first time is intimidating. And it’s no accident. Court decor is meant as a reminder: Bring your A-Game.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bible, church, crime, criminal, evangelical, law, lawyer, legal, legal literacy, literacy, Portland, vote, voting

ASSISTED CONFRONTATION FOR CAR CRASH VICTIM

July 31, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Who needs assisted confrontation? The nice guy who finishes last, that’s who. Besides, when you assist, and it goes wrong, you’re just trying to help, not hinder. I knew a nice guy once.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: accountable, amateur sleuth, assisted confrontation, confrontation, decency, denial, kindness, maga america, Oregon, personal responsibility, Portland

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS WINDOW ON BOOMERPDX

July 19, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Contributing writers on this blog start in comments. I invite people to leave comments. If you have an opinion on a post, leave a comment. When you have more feelings than a comment can hold, think about being a contributing writer. Here’s the deal:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: audience, audience measure, blog post, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, contributing writers, education, Hemingway, iceberg theory, Los Angeles, PERSEVERANCE, Portland, published, readers, Seattle, writers, writing advice

NO REGRET LIFE FOR LIVING WITH REGRETS

July 18, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Life with no regret, not one, is a life worth living. If you hear someone say they have no regrets about anything, it’s not your job to find something for them to regret. But it is your job to know how words work, beginning with definitions. Your understanding of regret might need an update:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Beatles, expectations, life experience, life lessons, lost love, Love, no regret, Oregon, personal regret, Portland, Portland Oregon, regret, regret songs, regrets, romantic

ALASKA AIRLINES PROMISE COMES THROUGH

July 17, 2022 by David Gillaspie

An Alaska Airlines promise is different than Hawaiian Airlines. How different? Alaska sent a refund check this week, a refund Hawaiian couldn’t find a way to make. What’s the big difference? First with Alaska:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Alaska airlines, Alaska airlines promise, Arizona, customer service, desperate, hawaiian airlines, money, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, promise, refund, refund check, travel

YOUNG PEOPLE NEED BETTER NARRATIVE FROM ELDERS?

HARD TRUTH FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE

LIFE MOMENTS FOR NORMAL MEN

LONELY PEOPLE: WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM

DIVISION STREET, NOT DIVIDED PORTLAND

LEGAL LITERACY: HOW THE LAW WORKS

ASSISTED CONFRONTATION FOR CAR CRASH VICTIM

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS WINDOW ON BOOMERPDX

NO REGRET LIFE FOR LIVING WITH REGRETS

ALASKA AIRLINES PROMISE COMES THROUGH

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