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COLUMN: Brian and Sly — lamenting the loss of two musical geniuses
Legendary achievements last forever but legends do not. Of course we know this. But in the monotonous run…
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COLUMN: Talking trees with a Baker City man whose career is devoted to forests
Arvid Andersen seems oblivious to the raindrops pelting his hat as he stands in a soggy forest a…
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COLUMN: One more chance to hear a guitar virtuoso perform in Baker City
I have an acoustic guitar and it has six strings, just like Richard Smith’s guitar has. Which is…
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COLUMN: A chance gaze puts a fresh perspective on a familiar place
I have lived on the same small plot of ground for almost 30 years and I believed, after…
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COLUMN: Pondering again the immense legacy, and generosity, of Leo Adler
Leo Adler died more than 31 years ago but the weight of his legacy can still test the…
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COLUMN: Pondering a valedictorian’s achievements, and her future
My daughter Olivia has been writing a speech and my palms have at intervals turned clammy, and a…
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COLUMN: A dry, windy spring and bumpy lawn-mowing
I had not pondered the benefits of equipping my lawnmower with shock absorbers until spring came to Baker…
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COLUMN: The vigil of the grass, and pining for a Pinzgauer
I have sown grass seed on the place and will have no peace until I see the first…
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COLUMN: A revived Wade Williams Field, and the magic of baseball
I was walking across the Myrtle Street bridge over the Powder River when I heard, above the soft…
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COLUMN: The spring norther wreaks havoc in my yard yet again
I looked through my bedroom window with the unique satisfaction of gazing upon a yard put into pastoral…
