By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here
My wife and I are celebrating the Thanksgiving day in Eugene with our oldest daughter and her family, including three great grandchildren. It is as it should be, a family affair in which each one at table contributes something toward the meal.
In my case, I always bring the family favorite, [...]
The Shack By William P. Young Windblown Media Hardcover $24.00 Paperback $14.99
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
William Paul Young of Portland might be called the reluctant writer. He says he wrote “The Shack” for his children, and never meant it to be published. For whatever reason he wrote it, it became [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here
Nothing is sacred to the electronic appetite. Imagine my surprise when I saw an advertisement for Monopoly, an old board game, saying it has now been adapted for the online age. I can’t remember what the board game I have originally cost, but I know for sure it was not [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here
You might confuse this column with an obituary for Meryl Lorraine Murphy who died in a Roseburg care facility on Nov. 4, but it is not. It is a tribute to an amazing man, LaVerne Murphy, who just happened to be Meryl’s spouse of 64 years. That many years of [...]
Longings of the Heart By Bonnie Leon Book Two in the Sydney Cove Series Revell A division of Baker Publishing Group Paperback $12.99
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
Popular slice-of-life novelist, Bonnie Leon of Glide has just published “Longings of the Heart,” the second in her series [...]
By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here
Sixty-one years ago I was finishing my World War II enlistment in the Marines as a sea-going Marine serving aboard the USS Midway in the Mediterranean. It was December 1947 and my ship was anchored in Naples Bay when Italy was still in a
wartime recovery period. The ship hosted [...]
