bobwelch23
- Sep 1, 2012
- 2 min
Earning my Wonderful Life wings
Pacific Continental Bank in my home town of Eugene has an interesting requirement for all new employees going through their orientation:...
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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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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
- Mar 20, 2012
- 2 min
New book came easier than ‘Nightingale’
Ah, but some books come more easily. Last spring, in my post-Beachside Writers recovery week in Yachats, I read Laura Hillenbrand’s...
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bobwelch23
- Feb 22, 2012
- 1 min
‘Generations’: Music inspired by a book I wrote
A Eugene man, Dale Bradley, recently wrote me to say a piece of music he wrote was inspired by a book of mine he’d found at a garage...
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bobwelch23
- Dec 31, 2011
- 8 min
Thoughts of a nephew now gone
Today is the 17-year anniversary of the death of a nephew, Paul Scott Scandrett. In his honor, here’s a piece I wrote long ago in Where...
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bobwelch23
- Nov 5, 2011
- 3 min
Farewell, Andy Rooney
Longtime “60 Minutes” curmudgeon Andy Rooney died Friday night, exactly one month since his last show. Here’s a piece I wrote on him...
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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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bobwelch23
- Oct 25, 2010
- 3 min
My favorite columnists/essayists
WALDPORT — Amid 50 mph winds, sideways hail and all sorts of other fun weather, I spoke here Saturday. My book, “American Nightingale”...
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bobwelch23
- Jul 29, 2010
- 3 min
The issue is journalism, not newspapers
It was hard concentrating on writing my Sunday column today at The Register-Guard. That’s because workers were dismantling cubicles and...
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bobwelch23
- Jul 19, 2010
- 2 min
Train adventure: 48 years to complete the round trip
The year was 1962. The Beatles were still an unknown band playing the pubs of Liverpool. John F. Kennedy was living his last full year....
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bobwelch23
- Jul 1, 2010
- 3 min
On this Fourth of July weekend, a thanks for lives given
Chase's headstone at Springfield Memorial Garden 7-01-10 In honor of those who’ve given their lives for the freedom we enjoy. And to the...
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bobwelch23
- Jun 29, 2010
- 4 min
The complete Walden story
Walden Pond, about 20 miles west of Boston. Last month, I made mention of a discovery I made in Massachusetts last month. Here is the...
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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 18, 2010
- 3 min
Contrasting Boston to back home
1. History. They got it. We don’t. We ate in a 200-year-old restaurant, Mama Maria’s in Little Italy, from which we could see Paul...
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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
- 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
- May 9, 2010
- 3 min
My first post from 34,999 feet
When my two sons were small, I remember watching a trailer for a new Superman movie. “You’ll believe a man can fly!” the narrator said....
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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 23, 2010
- 1 min
Welcoming back the troops
Flags were everywhere at the Lane County Fairgrounds in my hometown, Eugene, Ore. And proud relatives wearing “Proud Grandfather of a...
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