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SENIOR CITIZEN TO JUNIOR CITIZEN

September 26, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Being a senior citizen is easy. Wake up every day and thank your parents for decent DNA and a good immune system. That’s it, except for the other stuff. The other stuff? What other stuff?

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START AGAIN THEN FINISH

September 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Is that the plan? Start, finish, and start again? Or is it start, abandon, and forget about it. Either way, you need a goal to keep going. If you can explain why you do what you do to yourself, and it makes sense, keep going. But what about explaining your work to strangers?

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ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING?

September 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My rocky relationship with writing took a turn yesterday. It happens, but this one was avoidable. Boomerpdx was offline for ten hours. The longest ten hours of my . . . not my life. I just did other writer things. What writer things?

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CLEANING UP QUARTZ DUST – WHERE TO START

September 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Cleaning up a mess, any mess, has a certain order. But not everyone knows where to start. Is there a starting point? Continue reading:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, blogger, boomerpdx, clean house, clean up, cleaning house, cleaning tools, cleaning up, Communication, drug deal, happy home, home remodel, hygienic standards, local police, MARRIAGE, marriage communication, messy house, meth house, meth people, meth town, quartz, quartz dust, set boundaries, writer, writers

SHAPE UP. THEN WHAT?

September 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Shape up. I’ve told myself that more than once. I’ve also looked at others and said the same thing. To myself. Most of the time.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, blogger, bloggers, body building, Charles Atlas, conditioning, culture, Dave draper, exercise, facebook, Facebook update, family, fitness, fitness blogger, fitness writer, football, granddad, heroes, muscle, older brother, sports, stronger, the future, UPDATE, wife, workout, workout culture, workouts, wrestling, writer, writers

PERMANENT BUILDINGS FOR THE FUTURE

August 30, 2024 by David Gillaspie

I look for permanent buildings the older I get. It’s always a treat. I’m older than the town I live in, older than the first house I owned, older than where I live mow. Maybe I’m the permanent building? Naw. Maybe you?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, boomers, buildings, downtown Portland, education, Fox Theater, fox tower, millennials, Oregon, park avenue west, permanent, permanent buildings, Portland, Portland Oregon, travel, writer, writing

COMPARISON CULTURE: BETTER THAN WHAT?

August 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Comparison culture didn’t start with social media, but that’s where it found fertile ground. Baby Boomers and every generation before, all had the same comparison: My Dad is better than your dad. What comes after that? Maybe a fight.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: boomer blogger, boomerpdx, compare, comparison culture, crime, criminal, Death, education, facebook, family, fertile ground, jewelry, Social media, twitter, wife, writer, writers, writing

SOFT LIFE WITH HARD EDGES

August 28, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Living that soft life, but still need something to yell about. It’s either too soft, not soft enough, anything but just right. And that spells hard times in bold letters. Hard times for a soft life?

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THE NEW THING vs OLD THING

August 13, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My new thing is blogging like I’ve never blogged before and calling myself a writer. “So what do you do?” “I’m a blogger.” “No, I mean what do you really do?”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aging, beautiful reflection, blog, blogger, bloggers, boomerpdx, clicks, creative side, decrepitude, diary, familiar faces, fitness, hate bloggers, influence, International Olympic Committee, journal, middle aged, money, new thing, notoriety, olympic medal, Olympics, personal pressure, racist bloggers, reading, right place, seeker, seeking attention, story, writer

DOING MORE? MORE WHAT?

August 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

‘Doing more’ is the vibe hanging over me, maybe you too. ‘Make your time count.’ ‘Give your all.’ ‘Don’t waste your energy.’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: advocate, blogger, boomers, do more, doing great, history, husband, MARRIAGE, more, more what, normal day, old men, old timers, travel, wife, writer