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MEMORIAL DAY 2021, WASHINGTON PARK, PORTLAND OREGON

May 31, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Memorial Day is for the kids, the enlisted guys, the drafted guys, the FNG who followed orders. It’s for the professional soldiers who learned the job and did the work. Sergeant Tennyson said it with, “Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die.” Take that hill, cross that river, crawl […]

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FALLING WOMEN, AND HOW TO HELP THEM UP

May 22, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Falling women need a good landing. If you’re around when it happens, what’s the best move? Since a fall is usually accidental, the landing part comes from basic instinct, not planning. I’ve been that landing a few times, some better than others. You?

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AGING EXPERTS PLAN FOR OLD AGE

May 3, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Aging experts come in all shapes and sizes. And ages. They don’t need to be a hundred years old to be an aging expert. Or a PhD Gerontologist.

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COVID19 DEATHS NOT THE NORM TO ENDURE

December 10, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Covid19 deaths will never be normal for anyone who has been with loved ones in their final moments. My mother-in-law had a massive stroke the doctors called an unsurvivable brain bleed. It even sounds bad. For two days she responded to conversation with closed eyes and a hand squeeze for yes or no. Her last […]

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PEOPLE PERSON, PEOPLE PEOPLE, AND THE REST OF US

September 20, 2020 by David Gillaspie

The self-described people person needs back-up. Call it confirmation. Who calls themselves a people person? Isn’t that what others are supposed to say? “Stan is such a people person,” carries more weight than Stan saying it about himself. “Hello, I’m Stan, and I’m a people person?” What old Stan is saying is hold on tight.

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HOMESTRETCH AFTER HITTING THE FINAL CURVE HARD

September 8, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Sports analogies don’t always work the way they’re supposed to work, but comparing a life to a race always does the trick. From the starting line, to the backstretch, to the final curve going down to the wire, it all sounds like a life well lived. The closer we are to the race, the life, […]

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BROTHER CHECK IN: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY

August 27, 2020 by David Gillaspie

A Facebook friend posted about a brother check, or check-in. Apparently he’s got lots of brothers, or he was using the inclusive ‘brother’ to remind everyone to check in with their loved ones during the corona virus pandemic. If you have a brother, a sister, or anyone you care about, what do you want to […]

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WESTERN EDGE OF NORTH AMERICAN COVID DREAM

August 8, 2020 by David Gillaspie

The Pacific Ocean at sundown with clouds catching the last dream of an Oregon day. If you still have dreams, do you share them? Do you know how to share a dream? Me neither, but I still try and work it out. See if this is helpful:

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MASK REMINDER FOR THE HARD OF LEARNING

July 18, 2020 by David Gillaspie

This mask reminder comes via a piece of wood and duck bones. The wood is Doug Fir bark, the tree that made Oregon famous, after all it’s the State Tree. Boomerpdx customers have seen this image before. It has it’s own history, like most everything else.

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AGING GRACEFULLY? WHAT ARE THE OTHER OPTIONS

July 10, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Freud’s Couch Aging gracefully can be a goal. If nothing else, it’s a check-in moment you do for yourself. Some check-in from the couch, some from the bench in a weight room, some not at all. At least that’s what they say. Ask someone their age. If they make a big show out of remembering […]

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MEMORIAL DAY 2021, WASHINGTON PARK, PORTLAND OREGON

FALLING WOMEN, AND HOW TO HELP THEM UP

COVID19 DEATHS NOT THE NORM TO ENDURE

PEOPLE PERSON, PEOPLE PEOPLE, AND THE REST OF US

HOMESTRETCH AFTER HITTING THE FINAL CURVE HARD

BROTHER CHECK IN: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY

MASK REMINDER FOR THE HARD OF LEARNING

AGING GRACEFULLY? WHAT ARE THE OTHER OPTIONS

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