Humor is essential to life, especially when all else fails. Fawlty Towers is one of my favorites to escape the madness of this world. It can make us laugh at our own stupidity.
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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THE NORTH WIND
When the north wind blows in the late spring and early summer it brings hot dry weather. The green grass begins to turn brown and the fire...
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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...
We used to watch BBC comedies like Black Adder, Are You Being Served?, and Keeping Up Appearances. For the past decade or so, it's been mostly BBC mysteries and masterpiece series.
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