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"Changing the world, one word at a time."
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"Bob Welch is as fine a nonfiction writer as America has ever produced." —Marcus Brotherton, Band of Brothers author
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"One of the most meaningful, memorable weekends in my entire life." — Cara Zane McKenzie, Eugene
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"Hands down, the most impressive speaker we have heard in years." — Alex Rankin, Boston University
Drop a pebble in the water, just a splash and it is gone
But there’s a half a hundred ripples circling on and on
Spreading from the center, flowing to the sea
And there’s no way of knowing where the end is going to be.
Quick Bio
Bob Welch is a speaker, author, award-winning columnist and teacher who has served as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
As head of Pebble in the Water Inspiration, Welch has keynoted conferences, workshops and retreats across America, tugging at hearts, tickling funny bones, and inspiring people to be ripples on life’s waters.
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November 16, 2013 |
Time for my ‘Second Life’
A colleague once told me that column writing is a little like running in front of a combine in...
June 6, 2013 |
Going out on a literary limb
When She Who Endures Me is away at the coast or on a quilt retreat, it’s the go-to movie I watch alone: A River...
April 2, 2013 |
Feeding the literary lake
One of my most meaningful evenings as a writer had nothing to do with me and everything to with my friend,...