Monthly Archives: January 2012

109 It isn’t Good Enough

Posted on January 31, 2012 by dbmacks

I had my web site crash this weekend. I had been trying to attach different “www.whatever.com” names to different parts. The way I did it ended up locking the whole thing up. Needless to say, I spent many hours and … Continue reading →

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108 Coffee Bene’

Posted on January 30, 2012 by dbmacks

This is week two of the 15 weeks of writing in new places. Today’s place is Coffee Bené at 53 Cleveland Ave South St.Paul, MN. It is a privately owned coffee shop with a lot of charm. There are a … Continue reading →

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107 Cape Mears, Octopus Tree

Posted on January 29, 2012 by dbmacks

Cape Mears is a state park, a game reserve as well as having a lighthouse. The houses were at the base of the cape with both the old and new lighthouses at the end, about a quarter of a mile … Continue reading →

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106 Cape Mears Lighthouse

Posted on January 28, 2012 by dbmacks

I don’t know if people who grow up in one place have this, but I have anchor places in my life. These are places which are especially clear in my mind, places that I will always think of as home. … Continue reading →

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105 Mountains to Coast

Posted on January 27, 2012 by dbmacks

Before I go ahead, I should go back a little. Before we lived at Bear Springs we also lived in Salem, Forest Grove, Steam Boat, Little River, Vacaville, CA and Klamath Falls. I get little flashes of memory of a … Continue reading →

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103 Bear Springs 2

Posted on January 26, 2012 by dbmacks

Yesterday I started writing about Bear Springs Ranger Station. I stopped there a few years ago, it is no longer a Ranger Station, but a few of the buildings are still there. As a 7 year old it was a … Continue reading →

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103 Bear Springs

Posted on January 25, 2012 by dbmacks

At some point before first grade we moved to the Bear Springs Ranger Station by Mt. Hood. There were around 24 cabins, the main building and several other buildings, on the base. The Ranger Station itself was up by the … Continue reading →

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102 Earliest Memories

Posted on January 24, 2012 by dbmacks

I know that my dad grew up moving a lot. He had an older half sister. The father of his sister died of TB, I think. All I have been told was that my grandmother had been madly in love … Continue reading →

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101 Place

Posted on January 23, 2012 by dbmacks

I took a day off to reflect on what I wanted to do for the next set of blogs. I think just random writing has its purpose and I do that also, but blogging? I think that needs to have … Continue reading →

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100 Can you believe it 100 post!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by dbmacks

This is my 100th posting of the daily blog. Over that time I have shared a little of who I am and what some of my dreams are. I have shared why writing over any other art form and the … Continue reading →

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