That is what writer Lidia Yuknavitch spontaneously asked me when we met at the Willamette Writers Conference earlier this month. Her face was warm and radiant and she had long, wavy blond hair. I replied I didn’t think our creature-paths had yet crossed, but I so much liked her way of expressing the uncanny sense [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Columbia River'
Have Our Creature-Paths Crossed?
August 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · work
Tags: Boardman Oregon·business writing·Columbia River·Lidia Yuknavitch·Lidia Yuknovitch·Mount Hood Community College·writing
Coal, Incandescents and Conservation
March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability
I’m writing on the south bank of the Columbia River here in Boardman, Oregon (population 3,500). I went running last night at sunset . . . oh my. Beautiful; what a joy. I found deer tracks on the sandy beach and looked to the west, where Mount Hood was a tiny, rosy peak in the far distance.
Oregon’s only coal-fired energy plant was just a few miles to the south. This
Tags: CFL's·climate change·coal plants·Columbia River·development·economics·energy conservation·environment·global warming·hotels·Mount Hood·Oregonian·running
