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Spring is slow this year
For the past six months or so, some animal has been digging holes next to the path along the ponds on the east side of … Continue reading
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J.i.D’s “Catch Me If You Can” Tour
The WOW Hall • 9:00 pm • Tickets→
On Tuesday, January 22, Mike Thrasher Presents welcomes J.I.D’s “Catch Me If You Can Tour” to the WOW Hall. General admission tickets are sold out. … Continue reading
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It’s About Time – December 2018
The rainy season has swept in at last, bringing happiness to the mosses and ferns that grow on the branches of the deciduous trees. It … Continue reading
It’s About Time
Gardeners need to pay attention to winterizing the watering system. Now that the rainy season seems to have begun in earnest, it’s time to drain … Continue reading
It’s About Time – October 2018
Forest fires give me a sense of unease. Even where there are no fires, the woods are so dry that there is a smell in … Continue reading
It’s About Time
This September is the fourth one in a row where the focus must be on the dire straits of our forests. It was 2015 when … Continue reading
It’s About Time
August brings the peak of summer in western Oregon. Most days are long and skies cloudless. High heat is not always appreciated by humans, but … Continue reading
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July is full of sunlight and day hikes
July is a month of conflicting forces that give human activity direction. Vegetable gardens are well established by now, ready for the strong growing season. … Continue reading
Larger than Life
A roundup of the year's best photography books
Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town by Matt Eich. Sturm & Drang, $59. Sin & Salvation takes place in Greenwood, Mississippi in a neighborhood called … Continue reading
Sarah B. Rose: A Peaceful Holiday
The Jazz Station • 7:30 pm • Tickets→
Join jazz vocalist Sarah B. Rose for an evening of holiday music. Rose will also be joined by three other vocalists, Samira Lobby, Hailey Eckhart, … Continue reading
World on the Brink
I appreciate Congressman Peter DeFazio’s 20-year history of climate-saving accomplishments (EW Viewpoint, Nov. 29) and his involvement in the Kyoto Protocol. Our current global climate … Continue reading
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It’s About Time
Each solstice brings with it a change of the season, a slowing down in nature’s landscape, while the equinoxes are periods of rapid change. The … Continue reading
It’s About Time
Stars are out and fringe cup is blooming
When I step outside at bedtime and see the Big Dipper practically overhead, I know that summer is on its way. I always feel most … Continue reading
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April comes with bees and nesting
April and May are the two busiest months in the annual cycle of native Oregon herbs and shrubs. Changes are fast and dramatic, spurred by … Continue reading
It’s About Time
Digging our fingers in garden dirt distracts us momentarily from the grim prospects of global warming.
Although spring does not begin officially until Equinox in March, Eugeneans might well pronounce that spring begins on Lunar New Year, Feb. 16, this year. … Continue reading
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Gray whales, ferns and the fundamental theories of science
The turn of the calendar year comes, not coincidentally, at the turn of the solar year. It would be appropriate to celebrate New Year’s Day … Continue reading
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The solstice is here
Dec. 21 marks the solstice, the traditional beginning of winter. In most of the northern hemisphere this means a quiet, cold time of the year, but … Continue reading