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<\/a>Driftwood forts<\/p>\nCounting tree rings<\/p>\n
A battered bald eagle<\/p>\n
A 1976 book about the Chinook Indians that is the best book about the Columbia River I have eve read<\/p>\n
Flying the Oregon state flag with a stick of beaverwood as a pole<\/p>\n
Scenes from the ancient basketball movie, One on One<\/i><\/p>\n
A stranded sea lion pup who fought for life<\/p>\n
Friends who help me with my yard<\/p>\n
A friend who found me a toy boat<\/p>\n
A friend who gave me magic healing potions<\/p>\n
A friend who gave me a boss zip-up hoodie emblazoned with the logo of a local butcher shop<\/p>\n
Flywheel mowers<\/p>\n
A former student who sought help in writing a eulogy for his best friend<\/p>\n
A friend who keeps writing me letters worthy of being called literature and will be visiting very soon<\/p>\n
People and artists who live utterly different and are not derivative in their art or personalities<\/p>\n
An elderly man who will give me a chance<\/p>\n
A $52.46 royalty payment from Amazon<\/p>\n
Godfather’s Books<\/p>\n
Readers who still seek out my books<\/p>\n
People who still want to take writing classes from me<\/p>\n
People already gearing up to go to work in 2018 to reclaim the country<\/p>\n
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