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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Call Me Oregonian

Kathleen Lewis
Provo, UT

by Kathleen Lewis
Provo, UT
The first mark of an Oregonian is that we actually refer to ourselves as Oregonians. Nobody else in the nation even knows that that’s what you call somebody from Oregon. The second mark of a true Oregonian is a near obsession with the rain. And I’ve got it.
I love the summer sun [...]



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Friday, September 4th, 2009

Columbus Day, 1962

Minnette Meador
Portland

by Minnette Meador
Portland, OR
It was Friday, October 12, 1962. My parents worked to support the five of us, so my sister saw me off to school. She had to leave early that morning so just a thin sweater for me; who needed a coat on such a fine, sunny day?
I sat behind giant mullioned windows [...]



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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Thunder and Lightning

chelsea nielsen
Oregon City, OR.

by Chelsea Nielsen
Oregon City, OR
About four years ago in the middle of July, my mom, my sister, my brother, and my step dad all went to visit my grandparent’s house in Oregon City, Oregon for the day. It was a beautiful day. The sky was clear, the sun was shining and, the birds were chirping. [...]



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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Redland Thunderstorms

Raechel
Redland

by Raechel
Oregon City, OR
It was pouring down rain, thunder was shaking the house, and the dogs were terrified. They were barking out of their mind, and so were we. The trees around my house were swaying back and forth, rain was coming in sideways, and the wind was howling; just like it usually [...]



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Saturday, April 25th, 2009

rain and music

sean smith
oregon city

by Sean Smith
Oregon City, OR
Rain beating the cold metal roof amplifies through the hallways and rooms. The tapping creates music tapping at your head. Tapping there unnoticed by our ears as it is so common, an every day occurrence in the Oregon winter.
Like most days held up inside this was a dull [...]



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Sunday, April 19th, 2009

In the Dark

eli
Redland

by Eli
Oregon City, OR
It was a dark and misty night when the headlights came out of the dark and you could hear the brakes screaming, winding, and screeching to a stop. This story starts on the great day of the mighty Oregon’s birthday. It was a fantastic day and Eli the town lover was [...]



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Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Oregon

Hadeel Malak
Roseburg

by Hadeel Malak
Winchester, OR
The first time I came to Oregon with my husband was after we went to Hawaii for our honeymoon in 2005.
The first impression was: Wow; it’s very nice place with all the rivers and trees.
Oregon is similar to my family’s homeland with all the nice trees , hills , mountains and clean [...]



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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Rain-Fed

Barbara Houghton
The Gorge

by Barbara Houghton
Hillsboro, OR
Oneota’s cooling creekside
Bridalveil’s icy thunder
Multnomah Falls cascading clear
Rain washed wonder
Misty clouds white-shroud the cliffs
Raindrops glitter ferns
Mushrooms shod in dank fir bark
Devil’s Punchbowl churns
Columbia River pushing west
Gorge-slicing power
Bonneville’s turbines spinning out
Kilowatt-hours
Not for us a dusty desert
Hot sandstone painted red
Our Northwest summers, cool and green
Are winter rainstorm fed.



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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

rain on a friday night

jd bricker
parkrose high school

by JD Bricker
Portland, OR
Every Friday night in the fall, at High Schools across the state, dreams are alive as football teams take the field. Parkrose is no different. The Parkrose football team is not known for winning but that’s not the point. My favorite thing about Oregon is playing football in the pouring rain. Nothing [...]



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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Another Rainy Twilight

Megan Weiss
Sherwood, Oregon

by Megan Weiss
Sherwood, OR
Living on Parrett Mountain in Sherwood has many pros and few, if any, cons. The pros are that we are perched up high enough to overlook the entire Wilamette Valley, and we’re close enough to the vineyards of Yamhill that we’re surrounded by it in a quick bike ride.
One evening this [...]



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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

When I Think About Oregon

Jessica Abney

by Jessica Abney
Newport, OR
When I think about Oregon,
I think about my amazing friends.
When I think about my amazing friends,
I think about love.
When I think about love,
I think about breath-taking kisses.
When I think about breath-taking kisses,
I think about the rain.
When I think about the rain,
I think about no umbrellas.
When I think about no umbrellas,
I think about [...]



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