StoryHelix

Welcome to StoryHelix! Intertwining stories past, present, and not yet imagined, told by folks in Lane County, Oregon.Wordcrafters in Eugene began this project with the idea of making our area a braver, safer, more beautiful, and more equitable place to live. We believe, as Chinua Achebe put it, that stories create people, create stories. Meaning, the stories we tell ourselves and other people make us who we are. Because of this, we also believe that if we are to move into a better imagined future, a reckoning with our past and current stories is needed. As Alice Walker said, “Healing begins where the wound was made.”The StoryHelix project invites us to trace our "EUGeneology" and examine what stories we have inherited, and what stories we will pass down.You can read more about the project, about Wordcrafters in Eugene, about our sponsors and community partners, and send in your own Lane County, Oregon stories at StoryHelix.Wordcrafters.Org. Thanks for listening!

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Dave Rogers

July 08, 2022 • StoryHelix, Dave Rogers, Wordcrafters in Eugene, Leah Velez, Intro and Outro Music by Otis McDonald • Season 1 • Episode 13

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Dave Rogers made a short and sweet call into the Helix Hotline while inside the Reflections Phonebooth at Oakshire Brewing Company in March 2022.

You can read more about the project, about Wordcrafters in Eugene, about our sponsors and community partners, and send in your own Lane County, Oregon stories at StoryHelix.Wordcrafters.Org.

Thanks for listening!

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You're listening to StoryHelix: intertwining
stories past, present, and not yet imagined

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in Lane County, Oregon. What's
up, earthlings? I'm Leah Velez and

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I'll be your host. The stories that
follow are raw footage. So let's open

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up out your nuggets and give these
community submitted stories a listen.

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Yes, I'm Dave Rogers. I'm a classical
guitarist who also writes songs. I lived

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in Eugene for a long time and
I'm also a writer and I've been influenced

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by a lot of writers around Eugene.
Also a lot of the work around Eugene,

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working with disabilities and in forestry and stuff
all over Oregon. And future hopes: for things

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to become a little happier and a
little more tolerant around here. I'm sure

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we can do it. You know, I'm sick and tired of stupid racism

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and stupid bigotry and idiotic Jew-haters
and Muslim-haters and stupid Hippie-haters and

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uh, and the combination of the
Hippie and Redneck, which I can agree

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with because of the hardworking
aspect of both in so many cases.

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the Hoedads of Hippies, and logging and
other jobs at the Redneck and

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so on and so forth, it's all
a part of how we live in Oregon

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and how we're trying to get along.
And hopefully things will get better and I

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still have more music recordings to put
out. More music gigs to do. And

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I'm very happy living in Eugene. I have a pretty happy life here.

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And uh, I want to keep
that going as long as I can. And

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you guys take good care, and love
you. Take good care of all that and

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I'm giving you back to the call.

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Thanks for listening. You can find us wherever you listen to your podcasts. If you've got your own Lane County

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story to tell, we'd love to
hear it

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at StoryHelix.Wordcrafters.Org.

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