Author: David Jasper | The Bulletin

David Jasper is features editor and a columnist for The Bulletin, where he's worked since 2001. He can be reached at 541-383-0349 or David.Jasper@bendbulletin.com.

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Dropping In: The gift of crummy first jobs — learning what you don’t want to do

Somehow, because of the way the stars aligned, all three of my daughters are graduating from college in ... Read more

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Sunriver Music Festival overture events

Sunriver Music Festival has a number of events and offerings coming up. Call it the overture before the ... Read more

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‘Very pedantic heckles’: Scientist-turned-comedian Ben Miller returns to Bend

Comedian Ben Miller comes from an unusual background for a comedian: He’s a former scientist with an Ivy ... Read more

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Dropping In: Reader calls to advise new direction for column

Last week, I wrote in this space about my one-week stay in a guest suite at The Breakers ... Read more

Entertainment

Dropping In: Taking the ride in a high-rise for seniors

Vacations can be many things — relaxing, adventurous, educational, recuperative. My week off in Chicago, during which my ... Read more

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Savoring the solitude on Sutton Mountain

I was so fixated on the grand sprawl that is Wheeler County, so focused on its tens of ... Read more

Entertainment

Cascades Theatrical Co. stages ‘Grease,’ set to open Friday

Is there anyone who doesn’t know — or love — “Grease,” the jubilant coming-of-age story of hormonal, lovestruck ... Read more

Entertainment

Heartbreak in the trees

I wasn’t feeling very ambitious last week when my wife, Catherine, asked me if I wanted to take ... Read more

Entertainment

Dropping In: Mike Peters of The Alarm gone in a ‘Blaze of Glory’

Like bad weather, grief strikes when it wants. Except with the weather, you can see it in the ... Read more

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Short walk, high rewards at Cline Falls in Redmond

My wife and I went to Cline Falls on one of the recent sunny, relatively warm weekends and ... Read more

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