travel Archives • Page 2 of 28 • DAVIDPDX

page contents Google

OLD SONG RINGS TRUE TODAY

March 4, 2026 by David Gillaspie

These are the opening lyrics of an old song, for what it’s worth: There’s something happening hereWhat it is ain’t exactly clearThere’s a man with a gun over thereA-telling me I got to beware That’s the name of the song, For What It’s Worth. Click the link for the live video.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomer blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, change, college, education, fuck ups, gangster, golden ticket, history, kids, learning, morons, old song, Oregon, Patty Hearst, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, revolution, Southern Oregon, story, travel, Vietnam, vietnam era, wife, writer, writers, writing

STORY SHAPE: MORE SAG IN THE MIDDLE?

March 3, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Story shape and physical fitness have that in common, the middle. From the beginning of ‘good fortune,’ the main character has a few moments until things dip downward. Think of the fanatical diet and exercise demon losing their edge in a Las Vegas buffet and taking off from the high dive into the Mexican, Italian, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, beginning middle end, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, booze, drugs, education, learning, message, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, rejection, sex, story, story people, story shape, story weight, travel, wife, writer, writers, writing, WWII

YOU TIME + ME TIME = OUR TIME

March 2, 2026 by David Gillaspie

‘Our time’ is full of hope and promise for a better world. That’s what I learned in kindergarten and it set me on my path. Maybe it’s a baby boomer notion, or maybe it’s everyone over a certain age who feels that hope. Either way a better world has been a long time coming and […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, education, hope, learning, Love, MARRIAGE, me time, our time, promise, story, travel, writer, writers, writing, you time

TAXES PAID, SERVICES DELIVERED, AMERICAN DREAM

March 1, 2026 by David Gillaspie

You settle back after you close the books on your taxes paid and that new life waiting just around the corner. Those taxes are the money paid to live the American Dream. Who among us thinks of taxes paid every time we get jolted driving over another gaping pothole? “Why do I bother when they […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, American Dream, art, Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, education, family, film artist, film maker, history, journal, journalist, learning, pothole, richest man, services, services delivered, story, taxes, taxes paid, travel, wife, writer, writing

DINGO FAMILY NEWS

February 28, 2026 by David Gillaspie

I’ve got a dingo family living in my house, but it’s okay since I’m Baby Dingo. Why am I Baby Dingo? Because Daddy Dingo said so. Daddy Dingo is a five year old. I didn’t ask how they worked it out. Momma Dingo is my dog. We’re all happy. Happy daddy, happy momma, happy baby.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby dingo, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, dingo, dingo family, education, family, history, learning, Love, other thing, quiet, reading, stories, story, travel, voice, writer, writers, writing

HISTORY BUSINESS MINDS THE STORE

February 27, 2026 by David Gillaspie

History business is a museum, a class, an artifact. It’s all of that and more: it’s you, me, and the guy down the road. If you ask someone about it, you might hear something like, “I learned history in school.” There are other responses to the question, “What does history mean to you?”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, business, education, grubby, history, history business, intentionally ignorant, learning, modern times, story, thoughtless moron, travel, under educated, uneducated, writer, writers, writing

SITTING DOWN AND SHUTTING UP? OK BOOMER

February 26, 2026 by David Gillaspie

As we’ve seen over the years, sitting down and shutting up is not a baby boomer characteristic. Never has been. No one has ever called us the Silent Generation, the Quiet Generation, or the Compliant Generation. We’ve been called a lot of things, just not those.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: americans, Baby Boomer blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, education, family, history, learning, living longer, married, McCarthy, mcCarthyism, meth, ok boomer, old enough, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, reddit, shut up, shutting up, sit down, sitting down, Social media, story, television, travel, twitter, wife, writer, writing, WWII

ONE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AFTER ANOTHER, 659 words

February 24, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Consider, if you will, the attraction industry’s ‘immersive experience.’ Go here, do this; Go there, do that. Repeat as needed, as desired, as often as you feel like escaping the life around you? If that’s the goal, sign me up. So far I’ve immersed in what no attraction industry would offer. Maybe I’m not in […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, attraction industry, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, fighters, history, immersive, immersive experience, immersive experiences, Joe frazier, MARRIAGE, millennials, story, travel, wife, writer, writers, writing

OLD STANDARDS UNDER STRAIN? HOLD MY BEER

February 21, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Old standards are only for old people. Wrong. What’s wrong is the idea of standards, which I’ll clear up right now in case there’s any doubt: The Standard is the standard, no matter the age, young, or old. Got it? Good. So what exactly is The Standard?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: albert einstein, America, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, blogger, boomerpdx, college basketball, Dallas Cowboys, education, family, game, gamer, gaming, humble, humble reluctance, learning, NBA titles, New York yankees, NFL, over deliver, reluctance, san francisco 49ers, social standards, sports, sports standards, standard, standards, story, Super Bowl, the standard, travel, under promise, wife, writer, writing

OREGON LAVA CAST FOREST ADVENTURE? LET’S GO

February 19, 2026 by David Gillaspie

The Lava Cast Forest in Oregon is not for the weak of heart. I say this based on the traffic I encountered on the way in and on the way out. One car sat in the parking lot when we arrived, one car showed up as we left. Suspicious? Not much, but you never know.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, Central Oregon, education, family, forest, lava, lava cast forest, learning, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, snow, snow birds, snow disasters, snow trip, story, travel, wife, winter, writer, writing