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Pacific Northwest
A thin band of emerald green forests, rivers and temperate islands extend up from the far north of California to the coastal fjords of Alaska. Three of the world's most promising cities: Portland, Seattle and Vancouver punctuate the green with a unique Cascadian culture. Follow me as I explore the North American Pacific Northwest. |
The Road Forks
Rentseeker Apartments in Vancouver
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Balancing Clayoquot Sound
Pacific Northwest | October 7, 2011
Six Northwestern springtimes deposited six seasons of Pacific Northwest pollen on my white truck, turning it chartreuese. I was using my truck so infrequently that I neglected it's upkeep, and mosses and lichens were beginning to set along the rim of the window.
 Clayoquot Sound, B.C. |
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Shades of the Hood River Valley
Pacific Northwest | June 11, 2010
Hood River creates two spits of sand that jut out into the Columbia River. This makes an ideal entry point for kite surfers, who flock to Hood River from around the world because at this very point, the Columbia funnels wind in a way that exists in only a few other places in the world.
Hood River, Oregon |
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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.
Columbia Valley |
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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.
Pacific Olympic Peninsula |
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The Artist and the Whale Hunter
Neah Bay | 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.
Neah Bay, Washington |
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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.
Portland, Oregon
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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.
Umpqua Dunes |
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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.
Nehalem Valley |
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Perpetua Sea Bank
Pacific Northwest | September 17, 2009
I like to pass lazy afternoons looking for new places on the Oregon map. I like to believe there are places in this big state of diverse landscapes that hardly anyone knows about. Places just waiting to be discovered.
Newport, Or |
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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.
Lower Columbia River
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