Today’s Trivia Question: Which Oregon city boasts the only vertical street in North America? Email me your answer today! Friday’s Trivia Question and Answer: In what Oregon city was there a 1950 UFO sighting, photos of which landed in LIFE magazine? McMinnville. The sighting was never verified, but caused much hoopla nevertheless, and is marked by…
Today’s Trivia Question: In what Oregon city was there a 1950 UFO sighting, photos of which landed in LIFE magazine? Email me your answer today! Yesterday’s Question & Answer: What is the name of Oregon’s oldest bookstore, and where is it located? Klindt’s Books in The Dalles, which opened in 1870! How awesome is that? I’ll…
So begins the “Day Trips” blitz! Today’s trivia question: What is the name of Oregon’s oldest bookstore, and where is it located? email me your answer at kimcf at bendcable.com today. I’ll post the answer tomorrow, and keep track of correct answers over the next week and select a winner of a free book on…
Not really. I am madly in love with my gorgeous blonde first-grader Chicken Noodle and would not part with her for a million dollars or even a new Toyota Highlander or an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City, both of which I really want for Christmas. I’m talking book-children here. Ever since the release of…
“Day Trips From Portland” on the Travel Oregon Blog “Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir” in the Eugene Register Guard An article about me in the Burns Times Herald
Absolutely love this illustrated depiction of the process of writing a novel, created by a student of my sister’s. As someone who has actually set fire to a manuscript in my day, I can say that this guy gets it! In case you can’t quite make out the scan, the steps are Thinking, Constructing, Deconstructing,…
Did yesterday last 141 years? Maybe it was just me. I am sure I’ve complained lately about not having enough time, but I didn’t mean I wanted more time single-parenting on a cold, gloomy, occasionally-snowing Sunday in November. I wasn’t asking for more housecleaning, more refereeing of rounds of girl-on-girl-wrestling, more moody brooding. More scraping…
Updated tour dates for “Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir.” Of course I”ll be schlepping “Day Trips From Portland: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler” too! Hope to see you out on the road! Also see Nestucca Spit Press Website Chance of Sun Book Tour List Chance Of Sun Book Tour 2012 Date Time Place…
Chicken Noodle lost her third tooth yesterday. Old hat at this tooth fairy business and growing more savvy by the moment at the ripe old age of six-and-a-half, last night at bedtime she crawled into bed, pencil and paper in hand, and jotted this note. Daer tooth Fariy, Can…
my take on the incredible awesome Brasada Ranch on the Travel Oregon blog