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10 Things I Have Learned From Emma the Dog

10 Things I Have Learned From Emma the Dog

6 years ago 4 min read Stories About the Westdogsemmaoutside
We found Emma in a circus tent filled with border collies and “lab mixes” at a pet adoption event 12 years ago. While dozens of dogs barked, smiled, wagged, and encouraged us to pick them...
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Sand Lily

Waiting For Wildflowers

6 years ago 2 min read Stories About the Westcentral oregonoptimismspringwildflowers
Aside from the abundant wax current blooms, which count as flowers, of course, but as tiny and pale pink as they are, do not satisfy the flower itch, the first wildflower that I spotted this year was a scrappy little white thing alone in the dirt.
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3 feet of snow overnight!

Opening the Trap

6 years ago 4 min read Stories About the Westcentral oregonsnowtrail runningwinterfear
There are things to fear at the edge of the forest. A man on the road told RK to carry a pistol on dog walks in case of coyotes, bobcats, and cougars.
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Thick fog in the ponderosa forest of central oregon.

Just Outside the Door, Over There

7 years ago 3 min read Stories About the Westcentral oregoncolddarkrunningsnowtrails
The first time I ran on my current backyard trail was April 2017. RK and I went to central Oregon hoping to mountain bike and instead we went running in sideways rain/sleet/snow.
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Dog walk near Horse Butte

Connect some dots

7 years ago 2 min read Stories About the WestArtcentral oregontrails
Most of us remember connect-the-dot puzzles, moving a pencil around a piece of partially printed newsprint from numbered dot to numbered dot until a composition is revealed.
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