My father, Herbert C. Hein, was an accomplished writer. He was born on July 10, 1917 in Walla Walla, Washington and died in an automobile accident near Valley Junction, Oregon on November 13, 2006.

For years, he was the owner of his own business, Hein Restaurant Furniture, in Seattle, Washington. His company worked with many of the foremost architects, designers and builders in the United States.  He created and installed custom-built furniture in many of the best hotels, restaurants and homes throughout the west coast, from California to Hawaii to Alaska. He was always a builder of houses, furniture, workshops and new rooms.

He also built a record of his life and times through his writings, shown below. He wrote these through a course, "Write Your Life Story", offered by Lower Columbia College Senior Studies Program where he lived in Longview, Washington.  The class encourages its members to document various events in their lives that interest them.

Here are his writings.  I trust you will enjoy each of them.

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All Creatures Small And Great
Coincidences
Foods Of The Past That Will Never Be Duplicated
For His Eye is on the Sparrow
Hairbreadth Herb
Herb Hein, RIP
Houses That I've Lived In
How I Won My Fair Lady
How I Ever Got Into Such A Strange Business
I'm Sorry To Say My Little Momma Was A Crook
Jim and Lyle, Owners Extrodinaire
My Best Day On A Golf Course
My Career As A Carpenter
My Christmas Pants
My Dad's Ministerial Career
My Danube Cruise
My Foreman Elden
My First Car
My Jeep
My Mother's First Job
MyPrettyLittleRedHairedWives
My Relationship With God
My Sad Experience With Qwest
On Raising Richard
On Raising Richard II
On Watching A Suicide Develop
Our Neighbor Charlie Wood
Our Waterfront Motel Condominium
Part Of My Work Career
Pop's Work Life
The Day I Almost Bought The Farm
The Golf Cart With A History
The Golf Club Story
The Maroon Pajama Caper
The Time My Wife Threatened
The Undistinguished Army Career of Private Hein
The Welshman
We Build Our First Home
We Buy Our Land
What Was So Attractive About My Rear End?


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