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A granddaughter

This is me and my first grandchild, 7-month-old Kathryn. She is named for my daughter, Kathryn, and her mother, whose middle name is Katherine. Her mother, Sara, is in residency at a hospital in Buffalo. She and my son Philip came to Eugene last week for her brother’s wedding. Sara, unfortunately, was granted only 24 [...]
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Arrival of “Persist”

Yesterday I took delivery of a shipment of Peter Clothier’s new book, Persist. I have a number of pre-orders to get out, and I was hoping to get that task out of the way for the post office closed. Instead, it was a day of waiting, watching the tracking information on the UPS site. As [...]
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Another Wedding

Activities of the past couple of weeks have centered around preparing for and celebrating the marriage of my son Patrick and my new daughter-in-law Erin. The wedding took place yesterday at the Edgefield, about 20 minutes east of Portland. Erin has no local family – she’s from Arizona – so Robin took on a combination [...]
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The way to get things done

Being a writer, I know all about writer’s block and the many things that get in the way of getting down to work. One of those things that always, eventually, gets in my way is the condition of my work area. Although I think of myself as being well organized, I’m not necessarily a neat [...]
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