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Mohawk 4/2/21
First things first. Before we get to this week’s game, let’s all take a silent minute to reflect on the life of a former employee here...
Ednold
Apr 3, 20217 min read
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Central 3/26/21
This weekend I decided Mrs. Ednold and I would make the trip to Perrydale to watch a football game. Perrydale are the Pirates, and their...
Ednold
Mar 27, 20216 min read
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Wells 3/20/21
I will always be grateful that I wasn’t born in the dark ages. I don’t think I would have done well working from sunup to sundown six...
Ednold
Mar 21, 20217 min read
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March Gladness Part 1 3/13/21
It’s March, and the college basketball madness is off to a great start. Even if the Beavers hadn't won their first conference...
Ednold
Mar 13, 202112 min read
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Santiam 3/12/21
I haven’t been keeping track over the years so I can only give you an approximate number, but I would estimate I’ve been through the town...
Ednold
Mar 13, 20216 min read
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Siletz 3/6/21
Are you ready for some football? I was! Finally, a mere 65 weeks to the day after the final game of the 2019 season, I had the chance...
Ednold
Mar 7, 20215 min read
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Hilda Hits It Big 2/28/21
I guess I sound like a broken record by now, but let me start by repeating the fact that everything is connected somehow, at least inside...
Ednold
Feb 28, 20215 min read
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The Man Who Did Walk Alone 2/18/20
As I mentioned in my last story, there are links to things in this world that are sometimes unexpected. Sometimes it’s just plain...
Ednold
Feb 18, 20216 min read
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The Spy Who I'm Sure Would Probably Have Loved Me...
It’s strange sometimes the way things work out; how things fit together in a way that makes you realize just how small the world is. ...
Ednold
Feb 9, 202112 min read
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Meals on Wheels 1/21/21
I hate to start off on a negative note, but today I have a bone to pick with a certain portion of our population. I’m talking to all you...
Ednold
Jan 21, 20216 min read
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Liverpool! 1/19/21
If you get up at 4:00 or 5:00am every weekend morning and watch the games, which I’m sure you all do, you already know that Liverpool...
Ednold
Jan 19, 20216 min read
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Beavers 12/9/20
The year 1986 saw the release of the movie Hoosiers, about the smalltown Hickory Huskers high school basketball team that won the Indiana...
Ednold
Dec 9, 20209 min read
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A Capital Fortnight 11/15/20
When the Oregon Territory was first established in 1848, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon,...
Ednold
Nov 15, 20208 min read
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Fear and Lunching on the Fruit Loop 10/13/20
We were somewhere around Bridal Veil on the west end of the gorge when a vague awareness of the whole situation began to take hold. I...
Ednold
Oct 13, 202011 min read
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East by Northeast 9/20/20
A little over a year ago I started writing little stories on this blog ostensibly centered around a weekly trip to a high school football...
Ednold
Sep 20, 202014 min read
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Bombs Over the Beaver State 8/19/20
The Ednold family has had more time on their hands this summer than ever before. It’s a shame that we haven’t been able to take better...
Ednold
Aug 19, 202012 min read
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The Final 8/2/20
With the general global shutdown of sporting events beginning in the middle of March this year, I feared that the FA Cup Final would be...
Ednold
Aug 2, 202012 min read
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My Silley Trip 7/13/20
For the past four months I’ve done my best to stay away from everyone; staying home as much as possible, crossing the street when I see...
Ednold
Jul 13, 202017 min read
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Do Try This At Home 6/8/20
When I was a kid there was a fish and chip shop down the hill from our home called, very cleverly, The Plaice. I didn’t appreciate the...
Ednold
Jun 7, 20207 min read
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The Moon Tree 5/15/20
There is a Douglas Fir tree not far from my house that was planted during the bicentennial celebrations of 1976. Today that tree is still...
Ednold
May 14, 20206 min read
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