Jefferson Public Radio

As I write this, I’m fixin’ to sit down and eat my first Thanksgiving dinner. And when I say that, I don’t mean it’s my first Thankgiving dinner ever, like back in 1621, which is when the first documented Thanksgiving… Continue Reading →

Redding has Rodeo Week, New Orleans has Mardi Gras, and Rio has Carnival. But Ashland has Halloween. Boy, does it ever have Halloween. It’s got kind of a rocky history, its ups and downs, but I haven’t yet found a… Continue Reading →

I’m about to lose the best roommate I ever had. All of her important belongings are packed and waiting by the front door, ready to be moved out of the house and into the dorms at Southern Oregon University, and… Continue Reading →

The first time I remember getting behind the wheel, I was in the 8th grade. It was a 1971 Ford Galaxy 500. A huge, ugly gas guzzler. I was 13, hanging around with the wrong crowd, and Tony, who worked… Continue Reading →

Sometimes I worry about me. Mostly it’s at 3 in the morning, when I wake up from my slumber, my brain whirring, abuzz with worries that seem so ridiculous and silly during daylight hours. But at 3am, stupid stuff keeps… Continue Reading →

Have you ever had a story to tell that you knew nobody would believe? A story with so many instances of insane coincidences and cosmic connections stacked up on top of each other that even the most hardcore agnostic would… Continue Reading →

My friend Cheryl had a couple of pretty anxious days earlier this week when her husband and eldest teenage son were gone, battling the fires raging across the dry plains of Millville, not far from their home. Every time her… Continue Reading →

People warned me this would happen. “Now that she’s getting ready to go off to university, prepare yourself,” they said. “She might get a little lippy with you. It’s just her way of starting to spread her wings before she… Continue Reading →