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    The lesson Prof. Coleman taught me
    bobwelch23
    • Feb 5, 2017
    • 4 min

    The lesson Prof. Coleman taught me

    Nothing puts life into context like death. And so it was that while at Edwin Coleman’s memorial service last Tuesday, I was reminded why,...
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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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    bobwelch23
    • Jun 6, 2016
    • 3 min

    A brush with something other than fame

    Appeared in Register-Guard newspaper, June 5, 2016 I was high on a ladder, doing something I’d vowed I’d never do again, when a neighbor...
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    bobwelch23
    • Mar 13, 2015
    • 4 min

    Lessons from Dave Frohnmayer

    A FEW YEARS AGO, Dave Frohnmayer and I were speaking at Northwest Christian University on the subject of leadership when he shared an...
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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
    • Feb 12, 2014
    • 3 min

    Living a Yahtzee life

    They say if you want to make money in the writing business you find a niche and go to that place again and again. In other words, if the...
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    bobwelch23
    • Feb 12, 2014
    • 3 min

    Mother of Rain outstanding

    Mother of Rain, about hardscrabble life in the hills of Tennessee in the 1930s and ’40s, is the most intriguing read I’ve experienced in...
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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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    bobwelch23
    • Jun 1, 2012
    • 2 min

    Back to the woods and rivers

    On August 20, 1905, Oregon wilderness wanderer John Waldo wrote a journal entry from the east slope of Mount Jefferson. In it, he quoted...
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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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    Why we write
    bobwelch23
    • Jan 31, 2011
    • 3 min

    Why we write

    AS I PREPARE for the Feb. 25-27 Beachside Writers Workshop in Yachats, the question comes up as it certainly will that weekend. Why...
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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 21, 2010
    • 7 min

    Our summer field of dreams

    Last month, after an Oregon baseball game, fans were allowed on the field to watch the movie “Sandlot” on the big screen. It bought 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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    Amid the drizzle, summer sounds that sizzle
    bobwelch23
    • Jun 1, 2010
    • 3 min

    Amid the drizzle, summer sounds that sizzle

    The rumble of the Pacific Ocean as you lie on the beach, just before you drift off to sleep, cocooned in blankets, a paperback discarded...
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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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    Accidentally finding Walden Pond
    bobwelch23
    • May 16, 2010
    • 3 min

    Accidentally finding Walden Pond

    As with most trips, wife Sally and I experienced some low moments: having to pay $32 a day to park our rental car at our downtown hotel;...
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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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