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Jon Remmerde

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essays, fiction, poetry, songs

I took care of a hay and cattle ranch in northeastern Oregon, then the water inlets for the city of Bend, Oregon, on Tumalo Mountain, then a Girl Scout ranch in the Rocky Mountains near Denver and then another Girl Scout ranch in the Rocky Mountains near Fort Collins, Colorado.

Laura and I and our daughters, Juniper and Amanda, lived on the places we took care of. My family participated in the caretaking and in the adventures of living in the mountains, nearly outside the consumer culture.

Much of my writing tells about our experience as a family on remote ranches, close to wildlife and away from the consumer society.

I’ve published essays, short fiction, and poetry in The Crab Creek Review, Back Home, Bellowing Ark, Bugle, The Christian Science Monitor, The Doula, The Fiddlehead, Home Educator’s Family Times, Home Schooling, Men's Fitness, Northwest, Summit, The Sun, a Magazine of Ideas, Yoga International, The Wolf Head Quarterly, Zyzzyva, and other magazines and newspapers. I’ve published books of fiction, and books of non fiction.

Many of my essays and some of my books are about living off the grid, about wildlife we saw and interacted with, about the closeness in our family that came partly from living and working in undeveloped areas, about the education of our daughters within our family, and about the perspectives we developed partly because we lived close to the land, with nature and wildlife around us.

Songs: Tom Niehus, music and engineering, voice, Leiza Rea and Tom Neihus, lyrics by Jon Remmerde.

Railroad Song

Snowy Owl

Trucker in Early Morning

Independence Day

Move out of this Town

Desert Storm

Wake

Raven

Keep On Making Music

More songs are available from Archives.

Stuff:

Leo Rising Fiction.

Create to the Future Essay

Camping without a Campfire and Without a Camera Essay.

Diary, June 25, 2024.

Short and Happy Life of Spaghetti Johnson fiction.

Iron Thumb, Beavers and Me Essay from archives.

Rain Poem and Reading.

Writing a New Poem and Reading

A Man of Power, with spikes on His Boots Essay.

More essays, poems, songs and stories are available in Archives.

Other Stuff:

Raven and Coyote fiction.

No TV, No Cell Phone, Essay.

Tips for Writers 1 Essay.

Gathering Images from a Wandering Journey Essay.

I Walked up the Hill Poem and Reading

The Insidious Development of Keyboarditis Essay.

More essays, poems, songs and stories are available in Archives.

Killing Rattlesnakes Essay from archives.

Storms on the Pete Mann Ditch Essay

Dark Night in a Dark Cabin essay.

The Dark Heart of Winter Essay by Laura Remmerde.

Driving Flies Essay and Reading from archives.

Housework by Gender Essay from archives.

Golden Belgian, Golden Autumn Essay.

Time Flies When I'm Having Fun essay.

More of everything is available in Archives.

Everything on my website is copyrighted. Write me at Jon@oregonauthor.com to arrange permission to use anything and to give feedback about this website.

Daily Prayer

Know Your Grower Tom Niehus, music and engineering, voice, Leiza Rea and Tom Neihus, lyrics by Jon Remmerde.

Culture Shock Essay.

Autumn on the Mountain Essay.

Another Day Done Gone Somg by JR

Bad News Song by JR

Winter of Dancing and Reading.

Back to the Land Fiction.

Thirteen Raven Poems Reading.

Gardening the Desert Poem and Reading

Toytown essay.

Somewhere in an Oregon Valley Book in PDF. My family's adventures living on a ranch in the mountains, nearly outside the consumer culture.

Quiet People in a Noisy World Book in PDF. 72 essays about my family’s life on remote ranches, on quiet mountains in Oregon and in Colorado, far from the noise and stress of modern life.

Christianity Reviled Essay.

Smoke and Fire Essay.

Wasps Join us for Lunch Essay.

Electric Vehicles Editorial rant.

The Writer Rides in Autumn Sunshine 22% fiction and 73% fact, revised.

Steel Sting Guitars and Sweet Oranges Essay.

Several Short Statements from the Webmaster's Journal of 2018

Devastation Blues Song by JR.

Dance of the Least Weasel Essay.

You Say I am a Cowboy Song by JR.

I'm Gonna Go Down Song by JR.

Guns, Wars, Murders, Destruction Essay.

Darlin' Darlin' Woman Song by JR.

Sunshine, Sunshine Song by JR.

Venison Summer Essay.

Keyboarditis Essay.

Everything's Gonna be All Right Song by JR.

Book Of Poems In PDF, 130 poems.

Heavy Equipment Comin' Now Song by JR.

Driving Tractor through Moments of Wonder Essay.

A Man Called Grandma Essay.

Trillions for War Essay.

Learning to Swear Essay, revised.

I Got Dreams Essay.

Getting down to Laughter Essay.

To Give or Not To Give Essay.