I”ve been meaning to tell you all that an essay of mine is included in a book released earlier this month. Chicken Soup for the Soul, people. “The Magic of Mothers and Daughters.” Yep. The cover is pink. It”s an essay called “A Better View” I wrote about a trip Chicken Noodle and I took to…
“Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir” released today on amazon.com as an e-book! “A story of sex, drugs and camping” is now available for immediate download to your Kindle, Ipad, etc. for just $6.99. You can’t even get a decent martini for that. Buy here Here’s what it’s all about: In her debut as an…
Looking forward to taking “Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir” and “Day Trips From Portland: Getaway Ides for the Local Traveler” to the Willamette Valley this weekend. I’ll be at Grass Roots Books in Corvallis this Saturday the 11th at 2 p.m. And at Linn Benton Community College for the Valley Writers Series Valley Writers…
Tony Smiley Rocks the House on the Travel Oregon Blog
Woke up to a foot of snow. Being the Oregon travel expert that I am, I declare today NOT a good day for a day trip. “Thank you, Master of the Obvious,” Captain Daddy would say, if he were here. As it were, he came blasting home from the fire station at 7:30 a.m., regarded…
Meet Ask Oregon Ambassador Kim Cooper Findling on the Travel Oregon Blog
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…
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!
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!
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…