

What I learned while teaching inmates to write
SALEM — An hour before I’m to present a three-hour writers workshop at the maximum security facility of the Oregon State Penitentiary,...
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Sep 12, 20164 min read
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First grandson turns 9
EDITOR’S NOTE: When Cade Welch, our first grandson, was born in 2005, I began a ritual of writing a once-a-year letter to him in The...
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May 2, 20143 min read
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The simplicity of sailing*
* I’m kidding, I’m kidding! The Great “At Last” Calamity of 2012 (In Which a Lifetime of Sailboat-Launching Problems Occurred in Three...
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Jun 19, 20124 min read
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The best 25 columns of all time
Mary White, subject of my favorite column. A WHILE BACK, Ed Russo, a Register-Guard colleague, suggested we read a book called Deadline...
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Mar 29, 20123 min read
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The great leaf war
Note: I’m snowed so until the end of the year I’m running some stories from long ago. This column ran 10 years ago, Nov. 3, 2000, in The...
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Nov 19, 20103 min read
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High Cascades inspiration
Been out of the loop the last few weeks while on vacation, so haven’t spent much time writing. But here’s a link to my RG column on a...
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Aug 17, 20101 min read
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A pirate’s life for me: burying skeletons from the past
“Remember to wrap the plastic around the candy before you bury the treasure,” my first mate suggested as, shovel in hand, I prepared to...
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Jul 10, 20104 min read
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Test your Oregon, Lane County history
En route to Yachats Friday, I was reminded that Florence-to-Yachats on Highway 101 is my favorite 20-mile stretch of highway in the state...
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Jun 13, 20105 min read
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Tribute, tears for a father from a father
Tonight, on salon.com I came across the only other story about family members building a coffin for their father that I’ve ever read. I...
bobwelch23
Jun 5, 20103 min read
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My Top 10 “Where Were You When?” moments
Bob Welch’s Top 10 “Where Were You When?” Memories (See May 18, 2010 Register-Guard column) My criterion: How deeply did this event...
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May 17, 20103 min read
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A repentant prisoner’s letter to his son
My Sunday, May 2, 2010, column is based on a phone interview with a guy now in prison who stole a Eugene man’s war medals, then returned...
bobwelch23
Apr 29, 20103 min read
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On National Columnists Day, a tip of the hat to Ernie Pyle
Today, April 18, is National Columnists Day. Like I needed to remind you! I can just imagine the wild celebrations going on from the...
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Apr 19, 20103 min read
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