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1. Legacy Journal
2. Legacy Journal: Billy and the Bike: A Memoire of Deschutes Country
3. Legacy Journal: Memory Lane
4. Legacy Journal: Water, Swimming, and going with the Tide.
5. Legacy Journal: Haying in the upper John Day River Valley
6. Legacy Journal: Mother’s Day, Tessa’s 4th BD, and the Lilacs are Blooming in Highland Pk
7. Legacy Journal:  the Professional Specialists v the Gentlemen PolyMaths: Having it All?
8. Legacy Journal: May Day Musings: Muddling through the Maize
9. Legacy Journal:  Wednesday Leanings
10. Legacy Journal: Sunday Big Sur International Marathon
11. Legacy Journal: Saturday Prep
12. Legacy Journal: Fremont in Oregon
13. Legacy Journal: Saturday West timeline, first Native American “fossil” and Tracktown.
14. Legacy Journal: Hooray of the train.
15. Legacy Journal: Steve Chu of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
16. Legacy Journal: Klamath in Triplicate-- 1846 Carson, Fremont and Gillespie
17. Legacy Journal:Ranch Memoires
18. Legacy Journal: Mustang- Myths, Mascots and Machines
19. Legacy Journal: Darwin’s Man at Harvard: Asa Grey, Botony : collectioning and writing.
20. Legacy Journal:  Saturday Science Session
21. Legacy Journal: Rochester Rites of Spring: Squash, Squash, and more Squash
22. Legacy Journal: Saturday Style and Substance
23. Legacy Journal: Friday Final Edition:  Philanthropy, mandates, and Spring in the Rockies
24. Legacy Journal: Tuesday Lessions: Maps, Tall Tales, Western Trails
25. Legacy Journal:  Mellow Monday
26. Legacy Journal:  Spring, Easter, and NCAA MBB
27. Legacy Journal: Race, Coals to Newcastte, and Wednesday Technology
28. Legacy Journal: Economic Moral Hazard
29. Legacy Journal: Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Go Green
30. Legacy Journal: Sunday Shoot Out

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[ Thursday, May 15, 2008 13:04 ]

Legacy Journal: Memory Lane

Section:

Personals

Summary:

“Make My Weekend” : A Classic Black and White Colorful Kodak Moments at the Mission Ranch, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.

Main:

The fall of 2007 offered an opportunity for the Rochester branch of the family to gather back in northern California with old and new friends, scattered members of the tribe, members of the San Jose Welch family, and son Damon’s buddies from the Empire State, “The City”, and Santa Rosa in Sonoma County for some golf, and --- oh yes, a wedding.

For the Fisks, it was the first formal family wedding in more than thirty-five years.

It was kind of a return to the 1820-1850 Mexican Californio era.  The Mission of Junipera Serra was a short hike up the Valley of the Carmel River. Down river, a protected wetland seeped into the Pacific Ocean at a sandy cove just to the west of the fenced Ranch grounds where sheep grazed.

We bunked out in the restored and plumbed ranch out building.  Chuck wagon grub and Strong coffee brewed by the grandsons of former vaqueros was available at the cook house at the first light. Horses were stabled on rancheros next to the golf course in Carmel Valley. 

The local sights included cypress rimmed pristine beaches and cliffs festooned with native plants and touring plein aire painters The marine marshes were protected and populated with birds, bugs and aquatic species that could warm the heart of Rachel Carson. Tide pools worthy of attention from Steinbeck and “Doc” Rickets, and shops to tempt the most reticent credit card holder complimented the scene.

A quick drive away was Monterrey, Cannery Row, calamari cuisine, and the historic presidio.

But, the weekend belonged to Rebecca Welch, son Damon and their special guest of honor, 94 year old Grandma Ruth.  She jetted in from Corvallis for the Groom’s dinner, the sunny early afternoon outdoor wedding, the reception, the wedding dinner, and the following fandango.  She did not miss a beat or a photo op.

At 2230 it was time for the younger generation to load into the bus and head out for the Boar’s Breath a cool basement jazz piano bar in the center of town.

The following day it was a burrito BBQ on the beach, a bracing dip in the surf, and final farewell hugs all around.  The bride and groom then departed to catch a flight for a rest and some privacy in the warm azure blue of the Greek Isles.

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[ Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:36 ]

Legacy Journal: Haying in the upper John Day River Valley

Section:

Environment

Summary:

“Hay is the foundation of civilization in the northern climes"---- futurist, physicist, and Templeton Award winner Freeman Dyson





Main:

Going Green at Sixteen by Doug Fisk, May 2008

For the Fisks and the Forrests mid-July in the fifies was a time for three generations to gather and Go Green.

On working cattle ranches in the upper John Day Valley of eastern Oregon, haying season was and is serious business and a heck of a lot of fun.

The Forrest ranch is 4,000 acre spread located just up river to the east of the pioneer village of Prairie City.  In its “hayday” “the ranch” was a cow and calf operation that shipped 1200 lb, lean and meaty 2year old grass fat steers to the Portland market or to a buyer from Safeway markets.  The deal was usually make on a handshake,

One square mile of the ranch was green irrigated wild natural meadow grass that was mowed, sun dryed, winnow raked into rows, bucked up in bunches, and piled into loose two story high mounds using an overshot stacker. It was kind of a 2 weeks blitzkrieg that was hopefully free of thundershowers.  The harvest result became winter fodder and the only feed for the herd of carefully bred Herefords.  Home grown, individually selected, broad beamed cows, their gestating calves to be, range bulls imported from Red Bluff, CA, this year’s weaners, and last year’s yearlings were all the beneficiaries of open field winter feedings that were hand pitched daily from a low-rider hay wagon.  It was a cycle that was self sustaining, season driven and largely powered by machines that had replaced the preWWII one, two, and four horse powered teams hitched to primative iron wheeled implements.

Now, rubber shod Ford tractors were fitted with mowing machines and blades that were carefully sharped daily, a canvas canopyed WWII jeep pulled the winnow rack, and the power hay bucks, pickup victims of road kill that were rescued, repaired and given new life in the winter shop. darted about the field like hounds fetching rabbits.  A big green stationary John Deere diesel was outfitted with a long ponderosa pine fork received the catch for stacking.

The machine operators were mostly family high schoolers who gathered from around the state to bunk out at Uncle Orrin’s ranch, help in the kitchen, feast and put on weight around Auntie Christina’s huge table, man the equipment, and shoot some spirited pool in the basement after the evening chores were finished.  Teen age cousin John was an only child, so he particularly benefited from the kid gathering.

One memorable summer, Jimmy Howard , a towny, and I were the designated power hay buck jockys.  We had a spirited racing competition.  Our cockpit perches were open ai, the wind and bugs were in your face, and your saddle like seats were unbelted.  The game was to see who could deliver the most hay to the stacker from soggy and slippery ditch banks and from the far fences bordering the fields. The hazards included the ignomy of getting stuck in the mud or running a fork down a gopher hole.  The competition continued after dinner around the green felt pool table in ranch house basement with Uncle Orrin quietly and approvingly looking on.
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His ancient fiddle and his player piano was by that time mute and unused upstairs in the parlor where Strawberry Mountain to the south was framed in a picture window.

The times, they do change.  The ranch was a major part of my uncle’s life.  He had passed on college to inherit the property from Grandpa Clyde.  That was the verbal bargain they made made many years prior and he had no regrets.  However, were he alive, he would have been saddened, if not despirited, by recent news.  The ranch has been sold by the third generation to the Consolidated Indian Tribes of the Warms Springs, now the largest private land owner in the state.

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[ Saturday, May 10, 2008 08:22 ]

Legacy Journal: Mother’s Day, Tessa’s 4th BD, and the Lilacs are Blooming in Highland Pk

Section:

Arts and Culture

Summary:

Erika Little, daughter Tessa, live in the Lilac Festival, Highland neighborhood so this May weekend is to be a perfect Trifecta trice celebrated



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* First, Tessa Little is now officially four years old.  The California Princess has made the Rochester transition in style and is preping for KG in the Brighton School District in the Fall of 2009.  Meanwhile, she is continues to play the role of Emma's younger sister, best friend and student, cat tormentor, and non-stop asker of questions about how stuff works. 

** The Lilac Festival around the corner in Highland Park is in full bloom and the weekend music is swinging.  The opening parade with Strong Drum and Bugle Corps from the upstate region, is now history.

*** Meanwhile, Erika Little has earned the title Mother of the Year.  Relocating cross country from California, finding and updating the perfect house, guiding the kids, working at the URMC, in a Clinical Research Unit, and hosting guests and visitors is only part of the Little story of the past eight months.

The truth is, Mom’s tend to be the world’s most passionate warriors and best truth tellers.

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[ Sunday, April 27, 2008 08:09 ]

Legacy Journal: Sunday Big Sur International Marathon

Section:

Sports

Summary:



The ultimate in spring time weekend warrior events in California includes The Big Sur International Marathon.  The Triathlon tribal gathering at Wild Flower, and the DamFast open water swim at Lake Berryessa would be other examples.



Main:

:  The start is at 0700 at Ranger Station on Hiway 1 high above the foggy Pacific Ocean.  The finish is at Camel Village at the entrance to Carmel Valley just south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.

This is Mission Ranch, Junipero Serra, and Clint Eastwood country.  The vaqueros and the Padres are not running today.

::  Damon Fisk is bib# 3888.  If the support crew does its job and the knees hold up, he should finish before the 6 hour closing time at 1300 PDT.

:::  Meanwhile, Bill Clinton has been entertaining the locals in Junction City, Oregon 3 weeks before the state mail-in primary.  The results may be interesting.

This weekend, Barak is hanging out closer to home.  His exercise plans may include some Chicago hoops with his brother-in-law, the new MBB Beaver coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon.  To the best of our knowledge, Obama has not used up his NCAA eligibility.

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[ Saturday, April 26, 2008 07:02 ]

Legacy Journal: Saturday Prep

Section:

None

Summary:

* RITMemoire3: Billy_and_the_Bike.pdf

** Three point standardization and check list lessons:  Communicating was you sense , Analysis of what you sense, & Action plan.  Document what you know, not what you feel.

*** Big Sur to Carmel Marathon Race.

Main:

:  Redmond, Deschutes, Three Sisters, John Charles Fremont, and more.

::  Better your communication and your outcomes by building a World Class High Reliability Organization. Start with Standards

:::  For weekend warriors. 

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[ Saturday, April 19, 2008 07:57 ]

Legacy Journal: Saturday West timeline, first Native American “fossil” and Tracktown.

Section:

None

Summary:

* Fossils: A Fecal Trail in the Oregon Desert near Paisley Caves and Summer Lake . Cressman and the UofO Museum of Culture and Natural History.
Rock Hounds in the Great Basin.

** A 1840-50 Western time line.

*** Duel track meet in Eugene, Oregon, Track town USA

Main:

:  To quote Larry McMurty on poet Janet Lewis after the death of her husband: “she did go back to the desert, to the places of the pueblo peoples, the Hopi and Navajo, peoples who appear to live in harmony with the eternal simplicities: sun, stone, sky. She ponders a fossil:”

In quiet dark transformed to stone,
Cell after cell to crystal grown,
The pattern stays, the substance gone….

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:::  If it is a Saturday in the spring in Eugene, it is time for a classic retro duel track meet between the men of UCLA and the Tiger Ducks of the UofO

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[ Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:50 ]

Legacy Journal: Klamath in Triplicate-- 1846 Carson, Fremont and Gillespie

Section:

Commentary

Summary:

Early May, 1846 the Pathfinder, his scout, and their swashbuckling band of Americanos crossed overland from Mexican Alta California and the Sacramento River Valley into the Oregon Territory.  There a hundred years of HBC authority was being challenged by American trappers, mappers, traders, missionaries and Yankee settlers of many stripes.

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