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Oakland Noir

January 24, 2019by pmdello 9 Comments

Three of the last five years, my wife and I have Christmased in the San Francisco Bay Area. We visit our son, my brother, and a niece. Our routine is […]

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Family Matters …

February 8, 2017by pmdello 7 Comments

Early in the winter, successive storms sailed into Oregon. Frigid air stalled their advance and they dropped anchor in the Columbia River Gorge. Walking became difficult. Deep powder clogged the […]

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Picking Blueberries

July 9, 2016by pmdello 9 Comments

  Recently, my wife and I visited a U-pick blueberry farm in the upper Hood River Valley. Our son and granddaughter joined us to help with the harvest. Upon arrival, […]

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Hot Flashes And Cold Realities

January 12, 2016by pmdello 12 Comments

As usual, up at 4 AM on Mondays. I like to take my weekly steroids early. The plan is to avoid the first night’s insomnia. I re-supplied the wood stove, […]

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Silver Falls

August 10, 2015by pmdello 4 Comments

We were late before we started. The pecking of my wife’s hiking poles on gravel tick-tocked away the time in Silver Falls State Park. We’d chosen to rent a cabin […]

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Heat Wave

August 16, 2014by pmdello 13 Comments

I ran when I was younger the county roads of Hood River. From Trout Creek Ridge to Cooper Spur and Lost Lake to Lolo Pass, I crisscrossed the valley, high […]

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Tender Mercies

February 2, 2014by pmdello 12 Comments

In December of 2002, an uninsured driver caused an accident that left my oldest son, Noah, paralyzed. He was 22. In the immediate aftermath, our grief knew no bounds. We […]

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