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Chris Anderson is professor of English at Oregon State University, a retreat leader, an author, blogger, and a Catholic deacon. An award-winning writer and teacher, he explores the struggle, joy, and doubt of contemporary spirituality through personal story & literary collage. He is the author of 14 previous books, including poetry and nonfiction, and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. When not behind the writing desk, teaching podium, or altar, Chris is walking in the woods of McDonald Forest in Corvallis, Oregon. Visit his blog “The Imperfect Catholic” at www.deaconchrisanderson.com. ...more

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Recently I got interested again in a family story, the story of “the fire,” and so I did a little digging.

     It was easy enough to find the article in the Spokesman Review, June 11, 1935:  a house in Spokane nearly burned to the ground, the children thrown out an upstairs window and caught in the arms of a neighbor, Clyde Ralstin.  My mom was four.  My Aunt Lettie died

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