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    What I learned while teaching inmates to write
    bobwelch23
    • Sep 12, 2016
    • 4 min

    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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    First grandson turns 9
    bobwelch23
    • May 2, 2014
    • 3 min

    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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    bobwelch23
    • Jun 19, 2012
    • 4 min

    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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    The best 25 columns of all time
    bobwelch23
    • Mar 29, 2012
    • 3 min

    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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    bobwelch23
    • Nov 19, 2010
    • 3 min

    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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    High Cascades inspiration
    bobwelch23
    • Aug 17, 2010
    • 1 min

    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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    A pirate’s life for me: burying skeletons from the past
    bobwelch23
    • Jul 10, 2010
    • 4 min

    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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    bobwelch23
    • Jun 13, 2010
    • 5 min

    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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    bobwelch23
    • Jun 5, 2010
    • 3 min

    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...
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    bobwelch23
    • May 17, 2010
    • 3 min

    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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    bobwelch23
    • Apr 29, 2010
    • 3 min

    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...
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    bobwelch23
    • Apr 19, 2010
    • 3 min

    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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