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MRS. ANDERSON November 29, 2017July 27, 2019

WEDDING

CATEGORY: MRS. ANDERSON PHOTO:  BRIDE AND GROOM After two years of being with Bob on weekends and school breaks, we decided to get married.  We were married in The Pilot Butte Inn in Bend which was, at that time, closed.…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 28, 2017July 27, 2019

A RING ON HER FINGER

Bob wanted to make my wedding ring. See the ring and read about its symbolism.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 27, 2017July 27, 2019

A SAILING CANOE IN THE JOHNS LANDING MODEL

One of the first things Bob purchased after we got married was a canoe.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 26, 2017July 27, 2019

FOUR CAR FIASCO

After I got out of school, married Bob and moved to Portland, I sold that car to Gene Biggs’ son for $1.00.  With that money, plus a little extra (four digets extra), I got an almost new Volkswagen.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 25, 2017July 27, 2019

HOUSE NUMBER 3

CATEGORY: MRS. ANDERSON PHOTOS: HOUSE AND YARD When I met Bob, he was renting the top half of an up/down duplex on S W Condor Avenue in Portland which curved up a steep, woodsy ravine between Barbur and Terwilliger Boulevards.…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 24, 2017July 27, 2019

HUMANS UP TO NO GOOD

STOP! STOP OR I'LL SHOOT!!!

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MRS. ANDERSON November 23, 2017July 27, 2019

HUMANS UP TO NO GOOD TWO

CATEGORY: MRS. ANDERSON Another incident of indecencies to our automobiles involved Bob’s car, a Volkswagen station wagon.  The brakes were bad and Bob had put off getting them fixed.  One day, I was driving his car and was coming home…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 22, 2017July 27, 2019

NEIL GOLDSCHMIDT

When he saw the model, he ran down the steps and leaped over the balustrade with one hand on the railing, like a cowboy leaping over a hitching rail.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 21, 2017July 27, 2019

JARI AND ERIC

Both of my children ended up being my very best friends in all the world.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 20, 2017February 26, 2019

BOO AND ARCHIPELAGO

When Jari was living with Bob and me, her childhood friend, Mary Nuchols, came to visit. Mary had an over-sized German Shepard dog named Boo, who had been her faithful companion since childhood.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 19, 2017July 27, 2019

TEEN AGED RACCOONS

One evening I heard a noise on the porch. Looking out I saw five small, almost baby sized raccoons scarfing down the cat food. When I opened the door they all fled except one. He was the testosterone kid.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 18, 2017July 27, 2019

MARAUDER RACCOONS

Our Japanese neighbors, Setsu and Hiroshi, kept exotic Japanese animals.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 17, 2017July 27, 2019

OTHER HOUSE GUESTS

Living in a wilderness ravine, we were blessed with a plethora of wildlife. A favorite event that happened every spring was the hatching of baby screech owls.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 16, 2017July 27, 2019

SETSU AND HIROSHI

Our Japanese neighbors were Setsu and Hiroshi. Setsu was startlingly beautiful.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 15, 2017July 27, 2019

THE MOLES DON’T COME IN MY YARD

Adele had recently read an article stating that certain successful people claimed they owed their success to having the spelling of their names changed by numerologists so that the numbers that went with the letters were lucky for them. An…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 14, 2017July 27, 2019

OWYHEE LAKE AND THE PHANTOM COWBOY

CATEGORY: MRS. ANDERSON In late May, 1972, Bob and I took a canoe trip on the Owyhee Reservoir in southeastern Oregon.  I had seen pictures of the Owyhee River and the Grand Canyon-like country surrounding it and I was excited…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 13, 2017July 27, 2019

THE SQUEAKY HINGE BIRD

When Bob and I were hiking at high elevations, we would sometimes hear a long, high wailing sound.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 12, 2017July 27, 2019

BICYCLING AT 40 (FROM A LETTER)

I just celebrated my 40th birthday and I am now in feverish anticipation waiting for life to begin.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 11, 2017July 27, 2019

BICYCLING AT FORTY #2

At one point, laboriously catching up with him as he sat waiting, I said, “I can’t even pedal this bike down hill.”   He looked at my red, sweating face and got serious.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 10, 2017July 27, 2019

THE BIG COW

We were tootling along through North Dakota when up ahead in the distance we saw a black and white Holstein cow standing on the top of a hill.  I got a dizzy feeling.  It must be an optical illusion: either…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 9, 2017July 27, 2019

DOG DOUGHNUTS

 While we were there the snow melted completely.  Around every tree on every block was a doughnut of dog poop.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 8, 2017July 27, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS LAKES AND PARKS

Minneapolis is one of the world’s great cities.  Its early designers had a feeling for the prairie and for open green spaces.  The city site is blessed with the Mississippi River on its east.  A north-south row of lakes on the…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 7, 2017July 27, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS ARCHITECTURE

Having access to great gobs of prairie wheat and other produce, Minneapolis started right out cashing in.  It ended up having the world’s largest flour mills and food preservation plants—think Pillsbury—think General Foods.  From the beginning, that wealth purchased some…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 6, 2017July 27, 2019

VAN EVRA BAILEY HOUSE (Written April 20, 2016)

CATEGORY: MRS. ANDERSON PHOTO: COLWELL'S HOUSE This photo is a flyer from Restore Oregon, highlighting the Colwell House in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The text reads: "STILT HOUSES - With buildable lots becoming more scarce and costly, Bailey began to develop a…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 5, 2017July 27, 2019

THE FLAT MOUSE AND THE FLAT CAT (BOB STORY #1)

He obediently sat down on the equally grimy chair, and as he sipped his coffee the view straight ahead was of a wall on which was nailed a flat mouse and a flat cat. Both had been long dead and…

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MRS. ANDERSON November 4, 2017July 27, 2019

THE SHRINE OF THE LAST SALMON (BOB STORY #2)

At some point in time Bob started doing sculptures.  They were all very unusual.  My favorite one was entitled THE SHRINE OF THE LAST SALMON.  It has approximately 750 dimes for salmon scales.

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MRS. ANDERSON November 3, 2017July 28, 2019

CALICO CATS

CATEGORY: MRS. ANDERSON PHOTO: BOB WITH ARCHIPELAGO A card that Bob made. The large heart says, "CALICO CATS ARE BROWN BLACK AND WHITE, CALICO CATS ARE RATHER SMALL, CALICO CATS ARE MERRY AND BRIGHT, AND PLEASANT TO HEAR WHEN THEY…

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Jean Anderson

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