Coos Bay – Patrick and Stephanie

All who knew Patrick knew of his–pardon the pun–storied past. Here are two stories of Patrick’s brief time as a lumberjack with his best pal Lee. Shortly after high school they trekked across the country to Oregon to work in the forests. These tales recount that adventure. Be sure to read Lee’s comments on these […]

Whistle Punk in Coos Bay Lumber Camp 1953

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| First Timer Visitors, Misc Writings

Here’s the prequel to Patrick’s autobiographical story https://www.patrick-meadows.com/heading-to-coos-bay/ about his brief time as a lumberjack with Lee. I found this in Patrick’s Scattered Notes collection. I was choker setter. Lee chased the cat. Before starting college, I looked for a summer job to accumulate funds for my studies. My parents could not afford to send […]

My Time With Pat – High School and College in the Mid-1950’s

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| First Timer Visitors, Patrick, Reflections

Imagine Pat, Dave Wade, George Sikorsky, Toby Knowles, and me in the living room of a basement apartment listening to plastic disks of jazz and other stuff. I remember particularly the operetta, Golden Apple and we were all taken by the lyrics of Lazy Afternoon. Then someone would chime, “It’s Mecca Time” and we went […]

Heading to Coos Bay, Oregon

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| Letters, Musings

Patrick and Lee traveled to Oregon after high school. Here’s a story fragment about the experience. He references the Seventh Day Adventist religious group, but he’s actually describing the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a different Christian sect. The fragment is from a collection called You Never Know that Patrick sent me on 11 Aug ’15. South of […]

Patrick and Stephanie

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Revisiting: Pat as a Lumberjack

Whistle Punk in Coos Bay Lumber Camp 1953

My Time With Pat – High School and College in the Mid-1950’s

Heading to Coos Bay, Oregon