Running Rough
Meet the Oregon Ruff Runners, your dog’s best friends
Everyone’s looking for a way to take the edge off these days, even our dogs. Boredom, depression, loneliness — emotional distress is not limited to … Continue reading
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Pack Of Two
Animal companionship helps unhoused people find a life
Stop saying homeless people should not have dogs. For people experiencing homelessness, a dog can play a paramount role in their lives. Walking through the … Continue reading
Art Animals
A studio menagerie provides therapy
Eugene sculptor Jud Turner often surrounds himself at work with animals — shiny metallic critters made of recycled car parts and other industrial detritus. He’s … Continue reading
Pets
Contest Winners
Looks most like owner: Steve & Sean Cutest: Maggie Unconventional beauty: Cognac Also in the Pets Issue: Pack Of Two Animal companionship helps unhoused people find a life … Continue reading
BarkCon
Dog people unite as Eugene gears up for the first Willamette Valley Canine Convention
If I could imagine a heavenly afterlife, it would include no billowy clouds or haloed ancestors in white robes. It would have dogs — and … Continue reading
Rocking Medicine
White Bird raises money while saving the day
“This is a labor of love, but we continue to do it because it is something we really believe in,” Wren Arrington says about White … Continue reading
Fairing Well
The Oregon Country Fair looks ahead to its next half-century
Fifty years ago, Sesame Street debuted its first episode and the original Star Trek aired its last. Fifty years ago Woodstock happened and the first … Continue reading
Pleasure for Every Body
The need for discussion of disability in sex
Having a satisfying and pleasureable sex life should be available to everybody and every body who wants to have one. Sadly, one marginalized group in … Continue reading
Miss Juneteenth
A longtime African American celebration has a representative in Eugene
Aceia Spade is Oregon’s second Miss Juneteenth, and part of her mission in this largely white state is to educate people on Juneteenth, a holiday … Continue reading
It’s About Time
With summer coming on strong I am drawn to mountain meadows, where wildflower diversity is on glorious display. The flowering plants that dominate the meadows … Continue reading