Brew Collaboration – Travel Oregon
I had a great time tagging along with Terminal Gravity and GoodLife brewers as they collaborated to make Two-G, a red ale to be released on Valentine’s Day. Here’s the story in Travel Oregon.
Day Trips From Portland: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler, Second Edition
My book “Day Trips From Portland, Oregon: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler” is still on the nonfiction bestsellers shelf at Powell”s in downtown Portland, Oregon! Even better news came in last week. I’ve signed the contract to write the updated revision, second edition “Day Trips From Portland”, to be released next spring. Hooray! Oregon…
Portland Monthly Magazine Interview
Thanks Portland Monthly Magazine for interviewing me for the Tripster Wanderlust Blog.
Kim Cooper Findling’s Favorite Places
A tireless Oregonian travel writer reveals her favorite spots, her travel bucket list, and her weirdest writing retreat.
What Happens in Hawaii Stays in Hawaii
“Ever go on vacation and wish you’d be someone else for the week? Just really get away from it all, including yourself? Last year, my oldest daughter spent our Hawaiian vacation being a boy.” That’s the first paragraph of my essay “What Happens in Hawaii Stays in Hawaii,” which is on Brain, Child Magazine. I wrote…
John Day Fossil Beds Day Trip
Check out my story about a tour of the John Day Fossil Beds region in the Spring issue of Central Oregon Magazine.
Northwest Outdoor Writers Association Award
I won second place in the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association Excellence In Craft Contest, for an article in the Camping/Travel category for 2013. The story was written for Alaska Air Magazine last summer and ran in the August issue of both Alaska Air Magazine at its affiliated Horizon Air Edition. Read it here. They sent…
Sister Love
For her seventh birthday last week, Chicken Little got two fancy dresses from her aunt. There exists a longstanding family debate that Little might actually be my sister’s daughter instead of mine. It’s true that at the time of Little’s birth all three of us were in the room. Still, I’m pretty sure I remember…
Hot Guys Who Love Math
These days in parenthood, the best conversations are spontaneous, child-generated and fleeting: a hilarious romp you’d better get in on while you can. In the car, on the way home from Fred Meyer: Chicken Noodle: Mom, did you kiss a guy and not marry him? Me: Yes. I kissed several guys and didn’t marry…
Upcoming Workshops
Hello! I’m teaching writing classes several times in the next few months. I’ll be appearing with fellow “Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life” authors at Deschutes Public Library, February 9 2 p.m. I’ll be teaching Travel Writing for Fun and Profit and What Editors Want: Getting (and Keeping) Magazine…
Upcoming Travel Writing Workshop in Bend
“Travel Writing for Fun and Profit” with Kim Cooper Findling Thursday, January 16; 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The Nature of Words Literary Arts Center, 224 NW Oregon Ave. Bend, OR Class fee: $30 per person Ever dreamt of becoming a travel writer? This workshop will help you learn to think like a travel writer, pitch…