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TO MY DEAR READER, FROM A BLOG

April 18, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Dear reader is plural, but writers are told to focus on just one person, and since I’m the writer around here . . . Hopefully it’s a focus on the right reader? The last thing I need is learning how my posts led a reader astray. From me to you: DO NOT GO ASTRAY. DON’T […]

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BORDER LIFE WITH BORDER TAX

April 17, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The words ‘border life’, living on the border, goes more than one way. My closest borders are my city limits, then the county line, state line, and one state up, an international border. I like seeing the border signs, Welcome To Oregon, but other than that, what are these borders but tax districts. City tax, […]

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GET UP, WAKE UP, STAND UP

August 3, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Get up, wake up, stand up, and look where you’re going. Those were words from a surfer teaching another how to surf. It’s the complete opposite of my surf school. I didn’t get up, didn’t wake up, didn’t stand up. Oh, and I didn’t look around.

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Colin Kaepernick Kneels For Nike Like I Kneel For Nike

September 4, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Do I kneel for Nike? I sure do, but it’s more in awe than anything else. Nike is awesome. So is Colin Kaepernick, but I don’t kneel to him. For some reason the Kaepernick Kneel is an irritant instead of a call to action. It is a call to action, right […]

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