Ask Oregon from Travel Oregon
Meet Ask Oregon Ambassador Kim Cooper Findling on the Travel Oregon Blog
My Favorite Christmas Tree Ornament
The sad thing is, I’ve had it for 15 years and nothing has changed.
"Chance of Sun" in the Source Weekly and a reading at Deschutes Public Library
An Oregon Tale: Local author Kim Cooper Findling gets personal with her state and her past in her new book, in the Source Weekly. Thank you, Mike Bookey – I’ll always worship you for comparing me to David Sedaris. I’m reading at Deschutes Public Library this Sunday December 11 at 2 p.m. Hope to see…
I Need A Wife
Wife For Hire Duties include: Finding more outfits for Chicken Noodle, who has announced she will only wear red until January. Composting the pumpkins that are still on the front porch. Scraping art clay off the woodwork from last summer’s sculpting project. Managing the situation when Chicken Noodle decides she”s the shark and her little…
My Favorite Moment From My Book Touring Weekend
Old crusty guy approaches me in a bar. “Mind if I sit down?” I agree. He pulls up a stool, creakily climbs aboard. Small talk ensues. “How long have you lived in Newport?” I ask. “Well, 15 years,” old crusty guy replies. “But the first seven years I was a wino. I wasn’t really…
"Day Trips From Portland" Black Friday Book Giveaway!
Wednesday’s “Day Trips From Portland” trivia Q and answer: What city is home to the Oregon Film Museum? Astoria Congratulations to our book winner, Bill Baber! Buy “Day Trips” at powells.com amazon.com and many book retailers! Happy Black Friday!
Me and "Chance of Sun" on Pacific Northwest Book Lovers
The Memoir Trip: On Book Touring and Opening Up Even More, by Kim Cooper Findling on the Northwest Book Lovers website. See Nestucca Spit Press for more info and here for tour dates. This photo is me (center), my pops and my sis, Rogue River Trail, circa 1976. Good times!
"Day Trips From Portland" Trivia Q and Excerpt, Day Five
Today’s Trivia Question: What Oregon city, filming site of The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, Into the Wild, and many more movies, is now home to the Oregon Film Museum? Send me your answer today! Last day of the trivia blitz–I’ll choose a book winner on Black Friday. Yesterday’s Question and Answer: Where in Oregon can one…
The Fabulous North Umpqua River on the Travel Oregon Blog
The Fabulous North Umpqua River on the Travel Oregon Blog www.city-hearts.co.uk/syst32/
"Day Trips From Portland" Trivia Q and Excerpt, Day Four
Today’s Trivia Question: Where in Oregon can one fine a life-sized Glockenspiel? Email me your answer today! Yesterday’s Question and Answer: Which Oregon city boasts the only vertical street in North America? Oregon City, where a municipal elevator connecting two levels of the city went into service in 1915, officially named “Elevator Street”. Today’s Excerpt:…