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Dede Montgomery
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Aug 3, 2022

One teacher: the power of one

Note: I have been absent on Medium for nearly a year — choosing not to share my blog content here. And then I thought….what am I missing? So here we go again! Want to see what you’ve missed since last October? Visit my blog. Life’s serendipitous moments stun me. This…

Educators

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One teacher: the power of one
One teacher: the power of one
Educators

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Oct 28, 2021

Sixty, American Pie and the dental drill

Today I turned sixty. Yes, sometimes my writing reads like a stream of consciousness. More recently, maybe less so. Today, I am certain, probably more so. Sixty. Sixty years ago, as Mom’s nurse or doctor at Portland’s Good Samaritan Hospital told her “not yet,” she and Dad crossed Northwest 23rd…

Turningsixty

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Sixty, American Pie and the dental drill
Sixty, American Pie and the dental drill
Turningsixty

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May 8, 2021

Just do it

Now, I bet you thought this would be about getting vaccinated. Not exactly. Okay, kind of. The other day I looked up a condition I heard referenced earlier in the week on OPB, distracted in that moment of airtime but its message loitering in my brain. For later. Something my brain best remembered as a sort of Pandemic Blues. The feeling — you’re not sure if…

Pandemic

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Just do it
Just do it
Pandemic

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Feb 21, 2021

The ice cometh and the power goeth

Yes, I admit it. I was excited about our snow forecast. And not just a puny amount, but inches-no, I hoped for a foot of the cold, white stuff. Just like when I was young (listen to My Music Man Chapter 2: Ice and Snow below). I envisioned fastening on…

Storms

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The ice cometh and the power goeth
The ice cometh and the power goeth
Storms

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Feb 3, 2021

Love letters

I was updating Mom’s new social worker a bit about her life the other day. He wanted to know the important details, and soon agreed the part about Mom and Dad first divorcing, then remarrying eight years later indeed fit the mark. He mentioned what I already knew — reunification…

Remarriage

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Love letters
Love letters
Remarriage

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Jan 15, 2021

The mountains beckon

Maybe it’s the glimpse of January sunshine inviting me to daydream both ahead and back to moments of wilderness glory. Or, perhaps it’s the claustrophobia of being sandwiched during the pandemic, between telework and caring for a mostly bed-bound loved one. I peer outside to catch the summit of Mount…

Mountains

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The mountains beckon
The mountains beckon
Mountains

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Jan 6, 2021

A typewriter click-clacks forever

One would think I’ve written enough about typewriters. After all, not only do I share memories of Dad’s click-clacking away in My Music Man, but even after that I featured this two century-old appliance in its own blog (see: Pen, typewriter, computer). I would have stopped there -if it hadn’t…

Typewriter

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A typewriter click-clacks forever
A typewriter click-clacks forever
Typewriter

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Dec 28, 2020

The gift of imagination

A most favorite pastime of mine during the pandemic days of summer and fall, splattering into the wetter and colder days of winter, is watching kids outside: carrying on as life was before, not even bothered by mask requirements. This has given me great hope. Imagination is both a remedy…

Imagination

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The gift of imagination
The gift of imagination
Imagination

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Dec 14, 2020

Forcing holiday joy

For several decades I have faithfully planted a dozen or two Paperwhite Narcissus bulbs shortly after Thanksgiving, patiently awaiting the arrival of their white blossoms and heady fragrance. This was not a tradition I grew up with and I’m not sure what or who inspired me to begin it, but…

Holidays

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Forcing holiday joy
Forcing holiday joy
Holidays

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Dec 2, 2020

Overdue, rediscovered

My family treasures library books. In My Music Man I wrote about how, as our family prepared to evacuate our Eastern Oregon LaGrande home because of a 1972 wildfire, Mom insisted we gather the library books hiding in the crevices of our home together with cherished family photo albums. (Okay…

Books

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Overdue, rediscovered
Overdue, rediscovered
Books

5 min read

Dede Montgomery

Dede Montgomery

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Dede muses on life in Oregon. Sometimes she also publishes books. More at https://dedemontgomery.com.

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