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SHARED PLACE FOR SHARING SPACE

October 30, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

A public park is a shared place for sharing space, and this one is one of the best at the job. Some parks are better at it, some worse, but this one hits the sweet spot on every count. A river? Check. A forest? Check. Comfy trails? Check.

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DOWNTOWN PORTLAND CLEAN AND SAFE?

October 28, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

A reminder of how clean and safe downtown Portland on a trash can? I’ll take it. Clean and safe. That’s my starting point, my mind set, which doesn’t mean I’m skipping around like it’s the happiest place on earth. We all know where that is. (Hey Bridgette) Downtown Portland is the crossroads of the world […]

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CAUTIOUS BABY BOOMER BLOGGER VISION

October 26, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

As a cautious baby boomer blogger harvesting stories and insights for more than four thousand (4031) blog posts running seven hundred and fifty words each, on average, comes to more than three million words. Divide that by 90,000, the sweet spot number of words in a novel, and if I were a novelist I’d have […]

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MODERN RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE

October 22, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Running for your life used to be pretty simple. There’s something that might kill you if it gets close enough. And it’s a surprise, a big surprise. No one needs to tell you what to do:

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FINDING FAULT EVERYWHERE? BLAME SOCRATES

September 29, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Finding fault with the quote, “The unexamined life is not worth living?” You should. Social media demands an examination of the unexamined life beginning in two weeks. Or now. Let’s start by examining Socrates. And his life.

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CLEAN DRINKING WATER? I’LL HAVE ANOTHER

September 8, 2026 by David Gillaspie

This is the Tualatin River water, not drinking water. With this river running through Washington County to the lake in Lake Oswego, then out to the Willamette, why isn’t it tapped for drinking water in Tigard and LO? This warning from the Tualatin Riverkeepers lays it out:

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SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO WHO?

May 20, 2026 by David Gillaspie

I’ve heard the right message all of my life: Do this and this; don’t do that. Sometimes the right message comes from the right place. Other times?

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VOTERS’ PAMPHLET OR VISION OF THE FUTURE

May 17, 2026 by David Gillaspie

What do you do when the voters’ pamphlet arrives in the mail? Ignore it because you already know who to vote for? Open it up to see who in the world would put themselves up for election? Or read it in search for better candidates for better representation at the local and national level?

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DIFFERENT STORIES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE

August 14, 2025 by David Gillaspie

New stories, different stories, hold our interest. No one hangs with a snoozer story that repeats itself until a predictable ending. It needs cliff-hangers, narrow escapes, unimaginable risks to overcome. Most of all, it needs a hero, someone to cheer for, someone to welcome into our hearts. What does a hero need?

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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE SINCE 1900, DAVID’S VERSION

November 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The presidential vote is tricky to gauge. Some of the guys from 1900 on are cloaked in the fog of history. While this isn’t some kind of ‘last word’ on the subject, it is a reflection of the voting mood. Sometimes you just don’t know how things will turn out.

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