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DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME CANCELLED IN TIGARD LIBRARY?

June 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The drag queen story time is canceled in Tigard and I had to learn about it on twitter? Something’s gone wrong when drag queens out in the far reaches of Portland suburbs can’t fly under the radar. It’s not like there’s a specific drag queen review out here like Darcelle’s. Did someone drive up from […]

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REINVENTING ARTISTS AND ART IN TIGARD

May 22, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Reinventing artists is one way of saying, “Wow.” You read about photographers and writers, see their work, and buy something they made. It’s different when you meet them in a setting outside a museum, gallery, or library. They are real people, which is easy to forget when you hold their work.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: art, artists, books, Charlie Sandbo, Donald mcewing, food bank, photographer, photographs, picture greater, reinventing artists, Tigard, writers

ONE PORTLAND BABY BOOMER DECADE

February 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My Portland baby boomer decade began in 1980. It began when I stepped off the bus after a three day ride from Manhattan. (Hey, B.) For twenty-six year old me it was a life changer. By 1990 I was heading out.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Alameda ridge, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, Best Of Portland Walking Tour, Coos Bay, invitation to portland, money, North Bend, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, portland decade, portland love, Portland Oregon, portland road, portland story, Seattle, taxes, Tigard, Travel Portland Tourism, west hills, willamette week

DON’T CARE, OR CARE, THERE IS NO TRY

January 28, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If you don’t care about something, stay off the soapbox. Save your big talk for something you care about, we’ll figure out the rest. Once you’ve been around the block a few times it gets easier to care than not care. Why, you ask?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: attracting attention, blog post, book, care, dog park, don't care, lake oswego, losers, Oregon, Tigard, well being, winners, world class, writer

UNGROUNDED LIFE IN TIGARD

December 6, 2022 by David Gillaspie

An ungrounded life is for people who wish they were somewhere besides where they are, where they live, where they spend their time. I met one of them in the local Walgreens. I could tell he was ungrounded by how he looked. He was wearing a suit, which from my experience, was his work clothes.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best friend, blogger, book, boomerpdx, dapper dan, hard seltzer, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, prolific blogger, stranger, Tigard, Tigard renaissance, ungrounded, ungrounded life, walgreens, wine, working together

SHARING BLAME FOR AIR QUALITY: YOU’RE NOT THE PROBLEM?

October 21, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Sharing blame requires a pointy finger to wag. Something happens, plans go sideways, and instead of fun you find disappointment. You could move on, but what about the unfinished business? First you need to assign blame. Get that finger ready.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: air pollution, air quality, blame, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, clean air, EPA, flower power, forest fires, forest management, hippies, Los Angeles, Oregon, personal health, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, public health, science, science deniers, Seattle, sharing blame, sherwood, Tigard, travel plans, wild fires

LEAVING PORTLAND IN 1974

September 8, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Leaving Portland in 1974 was quite memorable. Memorable departures usually have a location in mind. I was headed to Fort Ord, California and the All-Volunteer Army on September 6, 1974. What was I thinking?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: army induction, beaverton, blogger, boomerpdx, college wrestling, Coos Bay, gresham, multnomah village, NW Portland, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Peters Inn, Portland, portland hilton, Portland Oregon, Tigard

NURTURING YEARS, OR CHECKING OUT

August 23, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Nurturing years change over time. From the duties of planting and raising nasturtiums in third grade, to raising kids in your thirties, the stakes rise. Then everyone grows up and no longer need nurturing? No, that’s not how it works.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: adult children, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, Blogging, Children, dog, dog park, dog school, dogs, father figure, news, nurture, Nurturing, nurturing years, Oregon, potso dog park, Tigard

CHEKHOV’S UNLOADED GUN ON THE WALL

May 26, 2022 by David Gillaspie

After gun safety class, there’s no such thing as an unloaded gun until you check it out yourself. Check the bolt, the magazine, the barrel, and check it while it’s pointed away from anyone. And away from yourself. Chekhov’s unloaded gun is a different deal.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Anton Chekhov, AR-15, army reserve, Chekhov's gun, gun, gun safety, gun stores, honorable discharge, national guard, russian, Russian short stories, russian writer, short stories, short story, suicide, suicide awareness, Tigard, Tigard Oregon, unloaded gun, veterans

CLOUDY DAYS TAKE A SHORT BREAK

May 20, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Cloudy days in Oregon? How can that be? Where I grew up no one complained about the rain. If they did that would have been all they talked about. There’s more going on than cloudy days, but what do you do when all you see are clouds?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beaverton, clouds, Cloudy days, family, kids, life, Oregon, parents, Portland, Portland Oregon, Tigard