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	River Civilization Pacific Northwest \| June 11, 2008 The Oregon Hotel -“ its old, rickety and delightful and in the geographic center of Oregon, in the smallish town of Mitchell. Weather has me holed up here - snowstorms east, rain west - a good night's sleep eludes me. The reason, some drunk hunter in 2C is blaring his television, his violent snores wafting between pauses in the television sound. Read it
	The Barnacles of Kalaloch Pacific Northwest \| February This narrative explores the role of that ancient animal, the barnacle in the tidepool waters of Kalaloch beach on the Olympic Peninsula. I always loved the strangeness of barnacles and wanted to find their significance. Read It
	The Artist and the Whale Hunter Neah Bay, Olympic Peninsula \| March 2004 Forever shrouded in a thick fog and a light drizzle, as if from a plane you could never know it was there. Neah Bay is a small Makah Indian town at the far end of America, and it has been embroiled in controversy among animal rights activists and environmentalists. I interview a young artist, who continues a Makah tradition despite the world around him. Read It
	Bluegrass in Cascadia Pacific Northwest \| February An adventure through Portland and its rapidly changing view of itself and the outside world. I wrote this five years before moving to Portland, in the year 2000. Read It
	Umpqua Dunes Genesis Pacific Northwest \| November 2, 2006 \| Part III of the oRegon Testament My camping stove just blew up, and it’s spraying fire all over the campsite. I’ve hauled Jane back down to the Central Oregon Coast…And I’m supposed to be cooking her a Native Oregon meal. Filled with setbacks and delays, I make a few key finds on the coast of Oregon. Read It
	Foraging Nehalem Valley Pacific northwest \| June 3, 2007 \| Part IV of the oRegon Testament Glowing Mushrooms, deer-meat, stone and a Portland underworld creating a world based on old ways. Part IV of the Oregon Testament gets me closer to my goal of seeing Oregon's native history through my own eyes. Read It
	The Chapman Swifts & the Man from Galveston Micro update \| Pacific Northwest \| October 14, 2007 Every autumn in Portland, Oregon, hundreds of people flock in the evening to the Chapman Elementary School, a beautiful small campus in a quaint neighborhood. They come with their floor mats and their wine and their picnic dinners, all to stare at the school's big chimney.
	Sketches of the South Jetty Pacific Northwest \| June 02, 2009 Photography and captions from my travels along the Lower Columbia River and near Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River. Read it


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