I have slowly over the years
Become an Oregonian.
Spending my summers
In Medford, Oregon.
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I have been going there since
The early 60s
My father had a summer cabin
In Yakima, Washington.
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We often
stopped in Medford
for the night.
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We went to the cabin
Every summer for two months
As my father, being a college professor,
Had the summer off.
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Bought property in Medford
Two duplexes
Recently renovated them
Becoming an Airbnb super host.
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Going each year
To the Shakespeare festival
Wine tastings, hiking
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Checking out Ashland
Oregon coastal towns.
Along the way
Gambling in Indian Casinos.
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Adopting the Oregon male uniform
Khakis, or jeans,
T-shirt and western-style plaid shirt.
Baseball cap, boots
No one wears a tie in Oregon
Beard as no proper Oregon man shaves.
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Scraggly beard – no one shaves.
