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PERSONAL IDENTITY: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

November 3, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Personal identity starts the moment you meet someone. You’ve got yours, they’ve got theirs, and the games begin. Maybe you go first and talk about the love you feel for where you grew up. Or they go first and talk about why they left where they grew up as fast as they could. After that […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, blues music, granddad, identity, personal health, personal history, personal identity, Portland

HEALING PROCESS? “BUT YOU LOOK FINE.”

October 19, 2021 by David Gillaspie

The healing process starts after a problem is identified. At least that’s the normal step. ‘Normal’ being the operative word. If something feels off, you get checked out, and you were right. Something is indeed ‘Off.’ It’s a lump, a bump, a mole, a dry cough, night sweats, chest discomfort. Need I go on? Why […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, boomers, cancer, covid, healing, healing process, learning moment, life experience, medical science, personal connections, Portland, reconnecting, reconnective therapy, research, vaccine mandate

FEELINGS MATTER, A REVIEW OF WHY ON SAUVIE ISLAND

October 9, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Feelings matter when you see yourself in a forty year old reflection. In the image I’m looking through a window with another window shining on the other side. Every year for decades a crew would go to Sauvie Island and prepare a historical house for the upcoming season. Every room was cleaned, inventoried, and filled […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Bybee howell house, feelings, feelings matter, forestry, history, Oregon, Oregon History, Portland, Portland Oregon, sauvie island, trees

ACCUMULATED CRAP NEEDS NEW TREASURE VAULT HOME

October 4, 2021 by David Gillaspie

‘Accumulated crap’ is the name for important collections started so long ago I forget the point. It’s also the name for the avalanche of stuff from living long enough to get dumped on. Getting dumped on isn’t the best way of describing accumulated crap, but it fits the theme. If like attracts like, then my […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: accumulated, accumulation, collected, collections, donate, material objects, memories, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, Portland rescue, treasure

EMPATHY SUPERPOWER: THE NURSING TOOL KIT

September 18, 2021 by David Gillaspie

I know empathy superpower when I see it. Why? Because I’ve felt it. I had a headache when my brother got hit with a bat. If I could have, I would have donated my knees to Joe Namath for playing football in white shoes and long hair. I feel things with people and let it […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: boomerpdx, covid, empathy, empathy superpower, hospital, mask, medical treatment, nurses, nursing, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, suiperpower

HEARTBREAK HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF LONELY STREET

September 17, 2021 by David Gillaspie

I checked into Heartbreak Hotel on Monday, except it had another name. To my surprise there wasn’t a line at the desk; the crowd was already inside. The crowd is everywhere in the news.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: autobiographical blogger, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, boomers, broken heart, broken heart syndrome, heart disease, heartbreak, heat attack, icu bed, meridian park hospital, nurses, Oregon, Portland, shock blogger, takotsubo

MESSAGE SENT, FOLLOWED BY REGRET AND HOPE

August 28, 2021 by David Gillaspie

The message sent about Portland Oregon is one of hope. When the homeless set up camp, Portland hoped they were comfortable. Protest marchers clashed with Portland police hoping for change. Rival groups faced off. The message sent to them, to us, was there would be no police involvement. I suppose the hope was they would […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: clear communications, covid, covid-19, homeless camps, hope, message, message sent, personal responsibilities, Portland, Portland Oregon, public health, regret, rival groups

BEST LIFE TO LIVE IS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE

August 19, 2021 by David Gillaspie

“Live your best life,” they say, but what’s it really mean? I’m pretty sure ‘they’ don’t mean take a page from the bi-polar play book and create new personalities based on internet scrolling. Mental health is no laughing matter, but what is it about some people who display red flags and call it their best […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: academic standards, baptist church, best life, boomerpdx, chasing goals, family, friends, good woman, health kids, life, mental health, Oregon, Portland, rigorous academic standards, Texas, validation

A BIKE RIDE TOO FAR WITH DUBIOUS REWARDS

August 17, 2021 by David Gillaspie

A good bike ride is a cause for celebration and a good bike makes all the difference. Better yet, a good bike seat makes all the difference. But there’s more: bike shorts with a big old pad, water and food for a longer ride, and the determination to finish what you started. That last part […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bicycle, bike lanes, bike ride, bike rider, bike riders, bike seat, bike shorts, century ride, challenge, Eugene oregon, lesson learned, love life, new normal, NW Portland, Old Town, Portland, Portland bike lanes

FEELING BAD? THINK OF OTHERS WHILE YOU SUFFER

August 11, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Feeling bad, as if it’s not enough, comes with extras, like those trying to help you feel better. Think of them while you’re in the throes of misery. Whether you know it or not, your suffering is their suffering. They feel better when you feel better. This came up at a recent gathering of some […]

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PERSONAL IDENTITY: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

HEALING PROCESS? “BUT YOU LOOK FINE.”

FEELINGS MATTER, A REVIEW OF WHY ON SAUVIE ISLAND

ACCUMULATED CRAP NEEDS NEW TREASURE VAULT HOME

EMPATHY SUPERPOWER: THE NURSING TOOL KIT

HEARTBREAK HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF LONELY STREET

MESSAGE SENT, FOLLOWED BY REGRET AND HOPE

BEST LIFE TO LIVE IS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE

A BIKE RIDE TOO FAR WITH DUBIOUS REWARDS

FEELING BAD? THINK OF OTHERS WHILE YOU SUFFER

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