The Oldest Tree in Salem, Oregon
On April 1st, 2026, the oldest tree in Salem, Oregon, was going to be cut down. A 380 year old […]
Western Pearlshell Freshwater Mussels
I spent much of the spring and summer of 2020 during the pandemic at home with my son, who was
Making a Painting Habit
I am a part time painter. I work for most of the year and am off from mid June until
Painting at Winchester dam
Recently I participated in the Umpqua Plein Air, a week of outdoor landscape painting with the participants’ finished paintings to
Canyon Creek Meadow Painting Trip
In July this last summer, I hiked to Canyon Creek Meadow, the flat area right below Three Fingered Jack on