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Tag Archives: Oregon forest
At the Fire Watch Tower
There’s no telling when or why a memory returns, or you could say, arrives like a dream. Today my mind goes way back to 1977, the summer before I started college. My friend Todd Parker, from the cross country team, … Continue reading
One Boy's Way of Knowing 