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Astoria
January 23, 2018
January Meditations Overlooking Youngs’ Bay
November 4, 2017
Topless to the Clearcut
August 19, 2017
Meditations Overlooking Youngs Bay 2
August 17, 2017
Meditations Overlooking Youngs Bay
June 12, 2017
What I Miss About Teaching
June 1, 2017
The Chill Tank or My Ten Days on the Boat in Jail
April 21, 2017
Brownsmead Dreaming
April 9, 2017
On the End of My Classroom Teaching Career
April 6, 2017
Hummingbird Healing
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Bonnie and Clyde Files
May 2, 2019
Bonnie and Clyde Files Launch (4)
May 1, 2019
Bonnie and Clyde Files Launch (3)
April 30, 2019
Bonnie and Clyde Files Launch (2)
April 29, 2019
The Bonnie and Clyde Files Launch (1)
November 5, 2018
A Great Dog Notion
August 6, 2018
Dogs Raining (Reigning) in My Mind Part 13
August 2, 2018
Dog Sanctuary Ruminations
May 25, 2018
Sanctuary Back Yard Musings
May 22, 2018
Letter to Clyde
May 7, 2018
A Walk With Bonnie
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Coos Bay
July 1, 2025
Rick
June 21, 2025
The Dolphin
June 16, 2025
Recent Scenes from Empire
June 9, 2025
Laundromat Meditations
June 2, 2025
Oregon Tavern Age: Nirvana
May 30, 2025
A Snowy Egret
May 29, 2025
First Morning Walk in Empire
May 22, 2025
Danny and the Driftwood Fort
May 19, 2025
A Burn Pile Man Again!
May 16, 2025
Hairy Triton Morning
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Corona Virus Thoughts
February 1, 2021
Corona Virus Thoughts #21
December 18, 2020
Corona Virus Thoughts #20
November 16, 2020
Corona Virus Thoughts #19
November 3, 2020
Corona Virus Election Thoughts
October 26, 2020
Corona Virus Thoughts #18
October 9, 2020
Corona Virus Thoughts #17
October 2, 2020
Corona Virus Thoughts #16
September 29, 2020
An Essay on America (Part 2)
September 28, 2020
An Essay on America (Part 1)
September 25, 2020
Corona Virus Thoughts #15
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Driftwood Forts
August 11, 2020
Fort Fire
August 10, 2020
Some Fort Meditations
April 30, 2020
Roasting Cans and Bottles
April 16, 2020
Fortitude
January 7, 2020
Fort Questions
December 12, 2019
Fort Sober
November 12, 2019
Three Fort Haiku Sunday
October 1, 2019
A Fort Fight
September 10, 2019
Fort Kelp
August 26, 2019
Citadel Fort
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Fiction
February 22, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 2)
February 20, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 1)
January 11, 2023
The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 5)
January 9, 2023
The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 4)
January 6, 2023
The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 3)
January 4, 2023
The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 2)
January 2, 2023
The Short History of an Oregon Seventh Grade Football Season (Part 1)
December 23, 2022
A Short History of Christmas in an Oregon Logging Camp
December 16, 2022
Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 6)
December 14, 2022
Takin’ it to the Streets Hallmark Homeless Christmas (Part 5)
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Lost and Found
May 5, 2017
Lost and Found 8 / Jobs
April 20, 2017
Lost and Found 7 / Losing Friends, Finding Friends
April 17, 2017
Lost and Found 6 / Back and Forth
April 12, 2017
Lost and Found 5 / The Parable of the Lost Sheep
April 10, 2017
Lost and Found 4 / Improvisation with Monk and Coffee
April 4, 2017
Lost and Found 3 / Drifting the Oregon Coast with Bob Dylan
March 26, 2017
Lost and Found 2: Rescuing Dogs, Reality and Metaphor
March 25, 2017
Lost and Found in Our Lives; the Beginning of My Journey
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NSP Correspondents
October 23, 2018
On Finding James Baldwin
August 21, 2018
Artifacts Upon Artifacts–A Poem (March 2010)
November 24, 2017
The Legend of Drain Gravy Part 2
September 11, 2017
Bonnie and Clyde Files 21
June 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Matthew Sproul / Twofer
June 7, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Matthew Sproul / Cross Current
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / The Oregon Shot / Gerry Lewin
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Bill Hall / Oswald West and Tom McCall Meet in Heaven
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Earl Mohr / A Writer’s Womb
April 24, 2017
NSP Correspondent / Matthew Sproul / GAME TODAY, 4:00 p.m.
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NSP Meditations
August 6, 2025
Inaction
August 4, 2025
Oregon Tavern Age: Lawn Chair
July 28, 2025
Talking to Ed
July 21, 2025
Oregon Tavern Age: Empire Scenes
July 14, 2025
Tire Shop Meditations
July 7, 2025
Fourth of July in Empire
July 2, 2025
Freedom Laundry
July 1, 2025
Rick
June 30, 2025
Meditations on a Dying Sea Lion
June 23, 2025
Oregon Tavern Age: Red Devils
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Of Walking in Rain
February 27, 2020
Rain Thoughts
February 24, 2020
Note from a Rain Reader
January 15, 2020
Of Thinking In Rain
April 22, 2019
Rain Coffee Shop
April 12, 2019
Notes for a Rain Novel
April 3, 2019
Of Thinking in Rain
March 11, 2019
Thoughts While Driving in Rain (again)
February 26, 2019
When the Weird Turn Pro
February 25, 2019
Driving In Sunday Rain
February 15, 2019
Rain, Rain, Rain
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Oregon Beaches
November 22, 2023
Sunday Fort Building
May 8, 2023
Pistol River Magic
April 1, 2021
A Last Pistol River Fort
January 31, 2021
The Permanent Impermanence of Driftwood Forts
December 2, 2020
The Gift of a Football
November 30, 2020
Beach Love Graffiti
November 18, 2020
The Imminent Disappearance of a Fort
November 17, 2020
The Throw
November 12, 2020
Pick Up Your Trash 2
November 9, 2020
Pick Up Your Trash
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Oregon Coast_History
May 31, 2023
What Would Tom McCall Do?
May 19, 2023
Saturday Morning Homeless Report From the Southern Oregon Coast
April 19, 2023
Henk Pander and Tom McCall (Part 2)
April 17, 2023
Henk Pander and Tom McCall (Part 1)
March 8, 2023
Reflections on the Great Recession of 2008-09
February 1, 2023
Scenes from Charleston, Oregon
December 23, 2022
A Short History of Christmas in an Oregon Logging Camp
June 29, 2022
Frank Beavers Endorsement from Tom McCall
June 27, 2022
Frank Beavers’ Haiku Campaign for Governor
June 22, 2022
Frank Beavers’ Personal and Political Statement
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Oregon Tavern Age
August 28, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Hamburger Helper
August 26, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Noon Friday
July 15, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: What Would Jesus Do?
June 25, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Surrealism
June 19, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Narcan Angel
June 17, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Evergreen
June 3, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: A Monologue
May 1, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Pre Lives!
April 15, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Degenerate Wednesday
March 25, 2024
Oregon Tavern Age: Afternoon Images
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Pioneer Pride
March 28, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 19-Tennis Team II
March 25, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 18-Tennis Team I
March 22, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 17-Scenes
March 22, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 16-Senior Skip Day
March 18, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 15-Dump Run
March 18, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 14-Journalism
March 16, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 13-The Promenade
March 16, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 12-Coin Flip
March 15, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 11-Creative Writing
March 14, 2020
Pioneer Pride: Part 10-Rum Night
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Poetry
March 18, 2024
Full Moon Homeless Rider
February 2, 2024
Homeless Woman Rides a Barbie Bike Handless!
November 18, 2023
Candy Corn Homeless Man
November 10, 2023
The Stethoscope Man
August 30, 2023
Oregon On My Mind (Part 6) Rest in Peace Walt Curtis
May 17, 2023
Trump Takes a Molalla Dump
May 15, 2023
Molalla
March 31, 2023
Marty! Marty! Marty!
January 30, 2023
Waiting at the Airport
October 25, 2022
Elizabeth Bishop and the Homeless of Portland
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secret coast radio
March 31, 2020
Secret Coast Radio 16
February 26, 2020
Secret Radio Radio 15
January 29, 2020
Secret Coast Radio #14
January 22, 2020
Secret Coast Radio 13
December 17, 2019
Secret Coast Radio #12
November 18, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 11
November 8, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 10
September 27, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 9
September 4, 2019
Secret Coast Radio 8
August 19, 2019
Secret Coast Radio #7
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Sports
September 11, 2023
The Death of Little League
August 28, 2023
Oregon On My Mind (Part 5)
July 12, 2023
Golf Report
July 5, 2023
Golf Prep
March 3, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 6)
March 1, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 5)
February 27, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 4)
February 24, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 3)
February 22, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 2)
February 20, 2023
Scenes of Steve Prefontaine (Scene 1)
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Writing
August 9, 2024
New Second Edition Updated E-book of The Old Crow Book Club
July 24, 2024
Some Thoughts on Teaching a Writing Workshop
May 6, 2024
Sonny and the Big Clean-up Day (New e-book released)
April 9, 2024
“Responding to a Message of Heartbreak” Writing Workshop in Astoria, July 20
September 18, 2023
Poverty, By America
September 4, 2023
Joy Writing Workshop in Astoria October 14
June 12, 2023
What I’ve Learned Writing and Publishing Books
May 10, 2023
Excerpt from The Savage of State Street: The Thieving and Literary Lives of Smoky Epley
April 5, 2023
The Old Crow Book Club is Here
April 3, 2023
Three New Nestucca Spit Press Books Out!
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