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March 12, 2018by pmdello 5 Comments

Oregon’s reputation for tough winters suffered a setback in 2017/18. November, December, and January stretched like lazy cats across the blanket of the Northwest sky. They shed rain but mild […]

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Things Fall Apart

August 29, 2017by pmdello 11 Comments

“There is no goal, but only the path.” Taoist saying   Recently, my wife and I traveled with friends to Glacier National Park. Our journey through the Northwest included a […]

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Back to the Future

June 28, 2016by pmdello 9 Comments

I enjoyed two full months of recovery from the latest attempt to control my cancer, multiple myeloma. At first, that drug worked well. The harsh side effects, however, made me […]

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Buying Time

May 14, 2016by pmdello 9 Comments

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” Omar Khayyam Morning: I wash dishes. In front of me, through a window opening to the east, I watch a […]

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The University of Cancer, Part 3

April 5, 2016by pmdello 5 Comments

I tried to get ahead of spring in late January. I prepped my flower beds with bags of topsoil. I stirred the mucky surface saturated with winter rain. Then, I […]

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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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