I have been very lucky, in many ways…but today I’m thinking about fathers…my own Howard Decker…(here we were in 1946) Roger’s father Piatt Hull (here they are in about 1944) R’s lovely grandfather H.J. Hull…here with Piatt in St Marie’s, Idaho about 1915… my wonderful Uncle John Zurmuehlen…here with me, but father to Don a […]
Tag: Doug Decker
Office of the Oregon State Forester
On February 1st the newly appointed Oregon State Forester, Doug Decker, began work here in Salem. Coincidentally he’s my brother (!), and yesterday R & I were invited to bring our lunches (note the apostrophe problem here…oops…you’d need TOOLS to edit it…) and see the new office…just blocks from our house. The building sits on […]
A history lesson…
Yesterday we went to hear Doug Decker (one of my three astonishingly creative brothers) give a talk at the Architectural Heritage Center (click here) about the history of his Portland neighborhood Alameda Park . Doug writes a blog about Alameda History that is well worth visiting. The lecture was at the AHC/Bosco-Milligan Foundation building at […]