Stories of a Life Lived

This is the second Q&A where we get some clarity on wonderings mostly from the recent episodes, plus a whole lot more! If you want your wonderings clarified on Q&A #3, please leave questions in the episode comment section, and Pop will be happy to answer them for you on the next one!

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Love and war... In this week's episode we go back to high-school in White Salmon, where among other things, Pop falls madly in love with his first "real" girlfriend, and also finds himself having to stand up to bullies. Christmas and birthday joys are shared, including homemade cake-pie, icicle-cream, and the annual gift of a radio-battery. And did you know pop sang first tenor in a barbershop-quartet?

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In this week's episode, Pop gives us more details about his experience living within a family of four on the small farm that his dad purchased in BZ Corners during his adolescence in the late 1940s. They started with nothing more than a truck camper tent leveled out on lava-blocks, and a few small bedrooms built with the help of Grandpa Jess Hepler. Hear about outhouse dilemmas, learning to drive tractor on a 1926 Iron-Wheeled Fordson, and moving his bed out to the end of the grove during the summers to enjoy some solace and spiritual contentedness.

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In this week's episode, Pop recalls life in the Columbia River Gorge transitioning into adolescence in the mid-to-late 1940's. He describes his memories of experiencing the joy and celebrations of VE Day, and later VJ Day, as well as the boys that had gone off to war returning as men. His dad brought the family back from the Dalles to BZ Corners, purchasing a small farm where they temporarily lived in an army officer's tent with minimal comforts. You will also hear about the great flood of 1948, which destroyed the city of Vanport Oregon, and how this impacted the greater Portland area as well as residents in the Gorge.

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In this weeks episode, Pop says 'nay' to horses, and reveals the origins of his difficult relationship with equines. He speaks on the various highlights--or perhaps lowlights--of his personal experiences with these magnificent beasts throughout the years of his life, sprinkling in some valuable and interesting family history as he goes.

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In this weeks episode, Pop rounds out his 3-part series on his life growing up in the Columbia River Gorge between 1941-1947. You'll hear about him winning his first theological discussion, going from being an only child to having to share, the theft of their family vehicle, and adventures to Memaloose Island--an Indian buriel ground.

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In this weeks episode... Learn about Pop's busy extra-curricular life singing, playing alto-sax in the marching band, acting, and being a member of the junior police, just to name a few! Pop speaks on his memories of the WWII years, where material rationing, air-raid protocols, and fireside chats on the radio with President Roosevelt were all normal parts of daily life.

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This is the first Q&A where we get some clarity on wonderings from the first few episodes. If you want your wonderings clarified on Q&A #2, please leave questions in the episode comment section, and Pop will be happy to answer them for you!

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In this episode, Pop reminisces of life in the Dalles Oregon as a young boy in the 1940's. With his Dad--Tex--busy working on the railroad, young Lud finds himself getting creative with his father's tools.

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Pop continues with his earliest recollections. Topics include camping experiences with family, life in the first grade, and bicycle maintenance during the war years.

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