Looks a lot like Kitzhaber Word count 916 I’m sort of named after my dad’s favorite dog Duke. My mother thought Doug was a close, but more reasonable name. Now my male main characters are frequently named Duke. Our family had an early dog name … Continue reading Furry Companions
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Furry Doppelganger
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Credit Where Credit Due
Word count 495 Before the main event, here are the runner ups – The physical: Climbing the least interesting fourteener in Colorado Completing four Portland Marathons (notice finished, not run) Bench pressed more than my weight The intellectual: Ph.D. in mathematics (possibly the … Continue reading Credit Where Credit Due
Portland To Portland
Beginning and ending around here. Word count 998 I think about home in three dimensions - The dwelling, the location, and the internal environment. The first twenty years of home was a three level including basement in a place which was outside Portland, Oregon USA … Continue reading Portland To Portland
Cities
Portland OR doesn't look bad here All cities word count 52.229 This is a work in progress of a memoir city by city. I doubt that it will appear anywhere else. It is excruciatingly boring. As soon as I can find out how to get … Continue reading Cities
Cats’ Religion
And it's climbing it's way to heaven (Boron Blimp) Word count 1335 One lazy Saturday afternoon, our fat orange cat Kitzhaber climbed into my lap while I was relaxing in my Lazy Boy. The cat is named after our governor because the cat wouldn’t … Continue reading Cats’ Religion
Doug Hawley 