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Gallery showcases Zenga Official hopeful whooping cough case at John Muir contained Aging Happens Inner Peace Column Inner Peace Blog Rogues: Tales from the Valley Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries Photos Videos Blogs Business Business Services NEWS NOW Guest Opinion: Allegations unfair to Dr. Tomashefsky ... Herb Rothschild Jr.: Spreading the risk of vaccination ... Ticket Availability ... Guest Opinion: Allegations unfair to Dr. Tomashefsky ... Herb Rothschild Jr.: Spreading the risk of vaccination ... Ticket Availability ... ROGUES: TALES FROM THE VALLEY Rogues Episode 2.3: Silicon Valley memories tie a knot in Dawn's throat Comment By Lyda Woods DailyTidings.com By Lyda Woods Posted Mar. 16, 2015 at 7:42 PM By Lyda Woods Posted Mar. 16, 2015 at 7:42 PM » Social News Episode 2.3 of the fictionalized adventures of two sisters, Dawn and Sherry, one Ashland-loving, the other Medford-bred, and their adventures across the Rogue Valley. Find prior episodes at www.dailytidings.com. This afternoon, I found out that my father was a secret transvestite, which unlocked some childhood memories. His stunning orange velvet jacket embroidered with gold lions now hung in my closet. I felt closer to him than I had in years and yet he had died six months ago. Tonight, after my dinner party with my created family, we were all drinking something hot and sitting around the small living room, Blue with Babycakes on her lap, Jasmine checking her phone, Rusty and Josh talking about Mario Savio and the free speech movement in the '60s, and Claire and I discussing my upcoming hypnosis session. There was a lull in the conversations. “So Dawn, what brought you to southern Oregon in the first place?” asked Rusty from across the room. “That’s a good question,” echoed Jasmine, putting her phone down. “I’m a Silicon Valley refugee,” I smiled, “nothing too exciting. I came up here to take care of my dad after getting laid off.” “That’s not the whole story,” said Josh, sipping his peppermint tea. “No, it’s not. Right before I got laid off, I got my name on a patent for this little gambling app,” I said, a knot tying itself into strange shapes in my gut. “I worked on the usability and language aspects of the tool.” “Dad was really proud of her. Here she is, this theater geek getting some high-tech patent,” Josh bragged. “Hey, I was part of a team that worked together. We all were named on the patent,” I corrected. “How odd that they would lay you off just after you proved your worth,” mused Jasmine. “Yeah, I thought so,” I said, the knot tightening. “What’s up with that?” asked Rusty. “Who knows? Politics? People skills? Apparently, I rubbed some people the wrong way,” I said, shifting position as the knot started rising into my throat. “What does that mean?” asked Jasmine, leaning forward. “It means I should have kept my mouth shut. I wasn’t good at corporate-speak. I’d go to these meetings but the Indian and Asian programmers never said anything. Only a few people ever ventured an opinion,” I said. “Let me guess, the white people,” huffed Jasmine. “Not always, but mostly,” I said. “I thought we needed more diversity in opinions. I suggested to the project manager that he ask people to write their thoughts down if they felt uncomfortable speaking up,” I said. “What happened?” asked Claire. “He looked at me like I was from Mars,” I said. “Too bad,” said Josh. “We could have avoided problems if more people had contributed,” I said. “So have you thought about going back?” asked Claire. “I doubt I will. It was so odd to have this appearance of diversity, but not the substance of it. By that I mean a genuine openness to different perspectives and ideas,” I said. “No kidding,” said Jasmine. “So, if you are sticking around, I think I may have a tasty mystery for you to chomp into,” said Claire, grinning wickedly. 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