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NEW IDEA GETS OLD TOO SOON?

August 19, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Remember that new idea that was going to change everything? It was so obvious, so perfect. What happened? You forgot about it, didn’t write it down. Or one of your trusted sources said, “Your new idea will never work.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: advice, bad words, beer, diet, drink, drink beer, eat less, exercise, exercise more, fat shame, good advice, grows old, kids, let it fly, losing weight, music, musical talent, new idea, Safeway, Silence, small changes, story, story telling, Weight Loss

SPEED SHOPPING. GOOD IDEA?

March 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Speed shopping with your partner. Ever heard of it? I gave it a try in a Safeway that sits between two over-55 communities. My speed shopping there made me look like The Flash. There was only one problem: I didn’t reveal my plan to my wife. Uh oh.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogpost, boomerpdx, Communication, Costco, education, explain, food, good idea, groceries, happy ending, inspiration, Love, MARRIAGE, Oregon, over 55, real marriage, resolution, Safeway, shopping together, speed bagging, speed shopping, stressfull, wife, workout opportunity, writer, writing

CANCER MEMORIES: UNEXPECTED MOMENTS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS

January 13, 2020 by David Gillaspie

I made a list of cancer memories to use in my memoir. Not all of them made the cut. A book needs the big stuff; these are the smaller cancer memories:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cancer, cancer memoir, cancer memories, cancer treatment, caregiver, caregiving, hpv16 cancer, kindness, memoir, memoir writer, Safeway, Safeway pharmacies

LAST BEER CALL? MAKE IT THE BEST LAST BEER

March 31, 2017 by David Gillaspie

(Part I of two.) The Last Beer Call Champion: Breakside Brewery IPA. After traveling coast to coast, Breakside blew the competition away. Drinking every beer in Portland since Grant’s and Red Hook were the only new beers on the rack shows how good Breakside is. Call it scientific research. You want to […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: becks, beer, beer call, beer fan, breakside brewery, breakside ipa, craft beer, craft beer awards, good beer, grant's, last beer call, last call, men's journal, northwest portland, Portland beer, Red hook, Safeway, slabtown

ORGANIC FOOD DELIVERY: INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE

December 17, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Where’s the organic food? All I see are fruit and veggies. Overheard in a grocery store produce aisle: “Let’s head to the deli and get something to eat, this is just ingredients.” Ingredients for healthy food? The top image is a box from Organics To You. They promise “Farm Fresh Home Delivery.” Not Meals […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: Albertson's, Baby Boomers, boomers, food, food delivery, food ingredients, meals on wheels, New Season, organic, organic food, organics to you, Safeway, young people