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
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
A BAD DAY ON THE FARM
These pictures taken in 2011 on a small farm near Dillard where the Umpqua Bio Fuel group processed grease collected from restaurants into bio diesel. The processing facility was made up of old water heater tanks, and all kinds of plumbing powered by propane. Lucky we did not blow the place up and nothing was on firm ground in the winter as you can see.
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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...
You shoulda put some of that effort into making some fine Oregon blackberry mononshine too!
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