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Bill Bradbury: An Oregon Story, (Part 3)

April 12, 2024
William Chapman Bradbury III – known to everyone he met as Bill – was a beloved figure in the world of Oregon politics and public affairs from 1981 through 2018, serving as a state legislator and Secretary of State. Born on May 29, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, Bill died unexpectedly in April 2023 while on […]
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Bill Bradbury: An Oregon Story (Part 2)

William Chapman Bradbury III – known to everyone he met as Bill – was a beloved figure in the world of Oregon politics and public affairs from 1981 through 2018, serving as a state legislator and Secretary of State. Born on May 29, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, Bill died unexpectedly in April 2023 while on […]
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Bill Bradbury: An Oregon Story (Part 1)

William Chapman Bradbury III – known to everyone he met as Bill – was a beloved figure in the world of Oregon politics and public affairs from 1981 through 2018, serving as a state legislator and Secretary of State. Born on May 29, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, Bill died unexpectedly in April 2023 while on […]
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The Replacements

April 28, 2018
My parents are missing. I think it happened around the time that my daughter was born. I am embarrassed to say that I was so consumed by being a new mommy that I didn’t notice at first that they had disappeared. My daughter is now three years old. Don’t worry. My daughter has wonderful grandparents. […]
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The Prankster-in-Chief Moves On

June 28, 2017
The answer is never the answer. I’ve never seen anybody really find the answer—they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer. —Ken Kesey […]
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Theremin

April 16, 2017
The odd-looking piece of dining room furniture, a four-foot square box, wired to a TV-sized walnut cabinet on four stilts, were more curiosity than musical instrument. And furniture, for the main, was their role, given the absence of almost any person – local or traveler – in our part of the world who could make […]
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