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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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