You may not be able to tell from my present circumstances, but I won the lottery once a long time ago. Really. Well, not THE lottery,...

Recently, I was driving around the countryside not too far from home. It was Memorial Day, and we’d picked up my dad to make the short...

It was early on a bright, muggy, morning as we headed north on highway 231 bound for Montgomery, Alabama. It was a straight shot into...

Groucho Marx and I never had much in common, as far as I can tell, except that, as he did, I have an aversion to joining any club that...

According to Hideko Tamura Snider, August 6, 1945 was “the happiest morning”. It was sunny and beautiful. The previous day Snider and...

It was the first week of September and I was sitting with my brother in the back seat of our Mustang, with our parents up front. Dad was...

The following are some curious conversations you may have overheard if you had attended Ednold's most recent party. Scene: Ednold’s...

The time has come for closing books, and long last looks must end. I never envisioned using any of Lulu’s lyrics in this blog, but that...

This weekend, right before Thanksgiving, the 6-man football classification would be crowning its champion. The team from...

Another holiday, and another Friday evening downpour. Luckily, we were headed south this time and by the time we reached Roseburg the...

The rain had started before I even left the house. Nothing exceptional, just that usual Willamette Valley light, constant, shower. I...

Sometimes I have very good reasons for choosing where to go on a Friday night, but sometimes the choice is based on nothing more than a...

This week we didn't head “up into the mountains” to watch a football game. We headed up THE mountain to watch a game. It’s just one...

Before we even left home this Friday, we knew we were going to see some history made at the football game. The St. Helens Lions were...

We had planned to visit Lakeview earlier this season, but that game was moved to Brookings-Harbor, so let this be a lesson to everyone...

It was another cloudy, hazy, foggy, smoggy, smokey day as we headed south out of the valley and up into the hills. We got off the main...

For week five of the 2022 season I made the trip to Mapleton. It’s a trip I’d already made with Mrs. Ednold during the weinerpus season,...

It was hard to believe it was already week four of the season, and it was even harder to believe that Mrs. Ednold had decided she had...

Friday night in mid-September and it was just the two of us: Me and The Bucket. Mrs. Ednold was stuck at work, but The Bucket never...

I’ve been wanting to go to Lakeview for a long time. If there’s one thing I like even more than watching waterfalls, it’s viewing lakes,...