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KEEPING TRACK AT THE GETTY MUSEUM

September 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The Getty Museum lived up to all of my expectations, and then some. It’s been on my list for years. Not any more. Ever since my first school field trip to the Coos County History Museum in North Bend, Oregon, I’ve been a museum fan. My question then, and now, is, ‘Where did all of […]

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BIG BUSINESS WEED LIFE

July 10, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Where real life and weed life cross. The scene: Six hundred sq ft, two bedroom duplex on West 420 and Avenue J with the co-owner living on the other side. One bedroom is rigged as a marijuana grow room with every state, city, and county license, permit, and certificate posted on the door. Their motto: […]

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