The mind has a dumb sense of vast loss--that is all. It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather the details and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss.
Mark Twain
A collection of stories from the life of Michael Burke. He worked for the Forest Service in Alaska, California, and Oregon. He lives in Oakland, OR. His wonderful wife, Celia, passed in May of 2021
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CHANGING OF THE SEASONS
It is the middle of September as summer still hangs on, but there is a chill in the morning air as I drink my coffee, listen to the radio a...
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The lights from houses along the freeway were mingled through the trees in rural southern Oregon. It made me wonder what these people did ...
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My old friend Arthritis showed up last weekend and took advantage of my right knee. By Sunday afternoon I was confined to my chair in pain...
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Last night I had a wild dream of being lost in Tiller, Oregon. For those of you that have never been to Tiller, it is a small community ne...
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